"This sucks!" thought Bets on the school bus. "I'm five again and have to learn all my manners. And second, I keeping peeing and pooping in my pants!"
Bets's mother met Bets at the stop. At home, mother said, "Rebecca, what happened? Those aren't the clothes I put on you this morning."
Without thinking, Bets answered, "Mommy, I wet my pants and got a change." Apparently, the school was the only place where she could think like a teen.
"Again?" mom said. "It's a good thing there was a spare pair of clothes. I know many five-year-olds still wet, but pooping in their pants! I understand once, sweetie, but you do it almost every night! I think it is time that I put you back into diapers."
"What?" cried Bets. "No mommy! I don't want diapers."
"I already bought some, sweetie," said mom. "Be a good girl and lay down so I can put them on."
"No!" cried Bets. She was sobbing and having a tantrum.
"Rebecca!" screamed the mother. "Get on your bed NOW!"
Afraid of her mommy, Bets got onto her bed. Her mother stripped Bets's clothes off and put on a diaper. Then the clothes were put back on."
"Until you can stop doing number one and two in your pants, Rebecca," continued mom, "you'll have to wear diapers. Now go downstairs and play. Tell me if you need a diaper change."