----------------------------------------
The Hobbit
April 18th, 2018
----------------------------------------

I just hit one of the coolest dad milestones. I'm reading The
Hobbit to my son. He's five, nearly six, and I've been talking it
up for the last couple days to get him excited. Tonight, he agreed
to listen to one page.

"If you like it," I said, "I can read a little more. If not, we
can read this other book tonight and try again later."

He agreed. He lifted a stuffed dragon to his chest and nestled
into a spot at my hip against his pillow. I looked down and he
looked back up.

A deep breath.

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

He didn't want to stop at one.