My youngest daughter walked past me in the hallway saying “pardon” over and over again on her way to her bedroom.
“What on earth are you doing?” I asked.
The six-year-old stopped and looked up at me blankly.
“I’m saying ‘pardon’ for all the naughty stuff I will do in the future,” she said before turning and resuming her chant for an eternity of grace, or at least for as long as she could keep it up.