little timmy

If you watched Lassie you'll remember when Lassie would come up to his humans looking all dog worried and dragging their shirts, and his humans would say things like "What is it Lassie? Is Momma in trouble?" Or "what is it Lassie? Has little Timmy fallen in the well?"
Sometimes when Will is burbling away in a grumpy sort of way Les will ask; "What is it Will? Has little Timmy fallen in the well?" Before school a couple of days ago I walked into the lounge to find Merenia talking to Will who was crying. Imagine squeaking, sugary, irritating motherease voice here.

"What's wrong Will-E? Are you crying because the boy fell in the well and he's DEAD!"

I guess Lassie didn't get the human's in time... poor Timmy :-)