His mom walked in, laundry basket on her hips and confusion stitched in her furrowed brows. She put the basket down and sat at the foot of his be. "Yeah?" she asked with slight concern for her son. "What's wrong Astro?"

Astro put down his scrawled papers. "Someone made fun of me today." His head tipped to the side before adding, "I think."

"What do you mean, 'you think'? What makes you think that?"

He shifted positions and hesitated a second. "Well, our teacher asked us to make a T-chart that shows how many of us had taken a shower in the past days. And when she had to make another section for seven days, everyone laughed. And kept saying that i was disgusting." Astro started crying by this point and buried his head in his mom's lap.

She welcomed him with open arms and stroked his ash blonde hair. "While no one should say that of anyone, taking baths is important to keep someone healthy. You are not disgusting, no matter what." Then with this next part his mom tickled his stomach and he laughed. "Though you might be a little smelly, you are not disgusting. Ok?"

Still chucking Astro snuggled further in his mother's lap and mumbled, "Ok." Then after a few seconds, "so does this mean i need to take a bath tonight?"

His mom chuckled, "I would advise you to yes, but because you need to stay a healthy boy. And baths help with that."

Astro smiled and started falling asleep. Whenever his mom played with his hair he always got tired. "Ok," he yawned as he started dreaming of dragons that curled around his neck.

Hope that helps! Have a good day and remember to be tiger fierce!! :)

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