Oh, no ... he was completely serious. He is not one of the boys to whom language processing comes easily.
“Does rrrrrrrabbit start with the same sound as zzzzzebra?”
“Yes!”
“Does rrrrrrrabbit start with the same sound as zzzzzebra?”
“No.”
He’s learned that if I ask the question again, it means he got it wrong the first time. It’s progress!
LOL, serious face and all?