"Mom...I'm bored."
"Seriously? How on earth do you have time to be bored?"
"Well, I wanna do something COOL. Not just ride bikes or play Xbox."
"Hm. How about going to a bullfight?"
"Um..."
"Marlin fishing, perhaps? Or hunting in Kenya? Wait...why don't you go back in time, and follow a World War Two medic on his rounds?"
Grinning, he receives the small stack of books and heads outdoors with a glass of tea. Pausing in the doorway, he reconsiders.
"What if I'd rather walk on the moon?"
"Then you'll need to live through someone other than Hemingway."