Scene:  Big and Little are preparing a magic show for The KingofHearts and Me.  They are sequestered in the kitchen while they figure out how to do the tricks.  We are enjoying attempting to enjoy a few moments' peace in the living room without child intervention, but can hear everything that goes on in the kitchen due to the fact that a thin wall of air is all that separates our kitchen from our living room. 

Caterpillar: "What are you doing?"

Dormouse:  "I'm working on this magic trick.  Remember at the Renaissance Fair when the guy made the bottle float?"

CP: "Yes."

DM: "Well, I'm gonna do that."

CP: "Oh, you're gonna use the string?"

DM: "SHHHH!  DON'T SAY IT OUT LOUD THEN THEY'LL KNOW THE TRICK ANDIT'LLALLBERUINED!"

Little feels badly about her breach of secrecy and comes in the living room to ensure that we DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE KITCHEN. We oblige not to listen.  She returns to the kitchen, but less than a minute later, comes back to ask a question.

"Do you know where the tape is?"

*neither of us responds*

 "Do you know where the tape is?"

*silence*

"I said, 'DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE TAPE IS?'"

Me: "Oh were you talking to me?  I wasn't listening."

"Dad, do you..."

"WHAT?"

"Do you..."

"WHAT??!?"

"Dad!"

"I can't hear you.  I was told not to listen, so I'm not listening."

She returns to the kitchen to report on her quest to her big sister.

"They're not listening.  But they are being weird."