When Aino heard her father say that Rose was like a dog, Aino laughed gleefully. She covered her mouth as she laughed. "Dad, you said that grandma is a desperate drowning dog, and you even said that she is clutching at straws. She is so old. She doesn't have the strength to clutch on anything at all."

Of course, the little child only understood those words at face value.

Sebastian patiently explained to his daughter. "What I meant by she's clutching at straws like a desperate drowning dog is t