Sadness

Lucy comes out of her room babbling excitedly.

I ask to the room, "Is that Lucy happy, or Lucy sad?"

"I'm neither," says Lucy, "I am just a little disappointed."

"I'll just pretend it is Lucy happy," I say.

"That makes me sad," says Lucy.

"Well, that isn't my fault, is it? If you had been happy, I wouldn't have to pretend."

"So my sadness is my fault, because it started with my disappointment?"

"Yeah Lucy. That's how the world works."