THE MAMA TEST

Prometto che prima o poi lo traduco. Per ora godetevelo cosi'... me l'ha mandata una mamma suzhouese...

I was out walking with my 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something
off of the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item
away from her and I asked her not to do that. 'Why?' my daughter asked.
'Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it's
dirty, and probably has germs,' I replied. At this point, my daughter
looked at me with total admiration and asked, 'Mama, how do you know all
this stuff? You are so smart.' I was thinking quickly. 'All moms know
this stuff. It's on the Mama Test. You have to know it, or they don't
let you be a Mama.'
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently
pondering this new information.
'Oh.....I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you have
to be the dad.'
'Exactly,' I replied with a big smile on my face.