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A Drink of Water Kenny came running into the kitchen and plopped himself down at the kitchen table. He noticed his Dad was by the sink and was drinking a tall glass of water so he asked his Dad if he could have a glass of water too. “I’m in a hurry to get to the school, so why don’t you just finish my glass of water?” he responded as he handed Kenny the glass. Kenny had a sip of the room temperature water and replied, “How old is this water?” “To tell you the truth, I’m not one hundred percent sure. It could quite possibly be billions of years old,” was his Dad’s response as he was slipping out the door. Kenny said goodbye to his dad as Kenny smiled, rolled his eyes and shook his head. His Dad had just enough time to say he was being serious before he shut the door. Kenny was dumbfounded. “Could water be billions of years old?” he thought to himself? Kenny’s Dad wouldn’t have said he was serious if he really wasn’t serious. Kenny went to the sink to empty his glass of water and opted to have a glass of milk instead, which was really a surprise because he didn’t like milk. It was a surprise for Kenny’s mom and dad later during supper when Kenny declined to drink his mom’s homemade iced tea and asked to drink milk instead. They were surprised but happy to hear him asking for milk to drink without any coaxing whatsoever. Kenny didn’t explain to them why he did not want to drink his mom’s iced tea. He’d rather drink milk that had an expiry date printed on the bottle than really old water his mom had to use in order to make iced tea. At bedtime, the usual ritual was for Kenny’s Mom to stop in with a small glass of water for Kenny to have by his beside. Kenny told his Mom that he would not need her to bring him water anymore. “Why?” she asked in surprise. “Dad told me the water is billions of years old and I don’t want to drink water that is that old,” he told his Mom. “Your Dad may have been exaggera