Ava: Repentance?

Last night, a conversation at bedtime as follows:

Me: "Did you have a good day at school?"

Ava: "Mm-hmm, yes. My new teacher made me cry."

Me: "Why did she make you cry?"

Ava: "She was angry with me and put me on the chair."

Me (surmising she'd been put in time-out): "Why did she put you on the chair?"

Ava: "Because she was angry with me and she made me scream and cry."

Me (trying to rephrase my question): "Did you do something that made her angry with you?"

Ava: "Yes."

Me: "Did you disobey your teacher?"

Ava: "Yeah, I disobeyed on purpose."

Me (covering my surprise that she actually confessed): "Well, if you obey your teacher, she won't be angry with you. Are you going to obey your teacher?"

Ava: "Yes."

I nearly fell over from shock. I was surprised that she could look back and see what she did wrong hours earlier. I was surprised that she confessed, which she only does half the time and only fresh after the commitment of the wrongful act. I was also surprised that she didn't argue with me about the teacher but was willing to obey.

Wonders will never cease.