Mouths of babes

The girls were in the backyard having a swordfight the other day, while I was working on building the new tree fort. They’re playing a game where if the sword touches a part of their body, they lose the use of that part. At some point the older one clipped the younger one on the hand, whereupon my precious 7-year-old said, “You cut off my middle finger! Now I can’t swear with my right hand!”