Due to his hatred of washing and water in general, this room is pretty much Terra Incognita to him, so I asked him what was up.
'Oh, nothing,' he replied shiftily, but then he produced a family-sized pack of toothpaste from behind his back, and asked me, 'Have you tried this, New Dad? It's jolly good!'
I replied that yes, I had tried it — in fact I use it every day — but I was puzzled what he was doing with it, since anteaters are famous for having no teeth.
'Oh, I was just going to... clean... something with it!' he said brightly. 'It's very good for cleaning and it tastes...' he consulted the label and continued, 'Minty! Also, Fresh!'
I had no idea what was going on, until I noticed the little 'P' symbol he'd stood on the landing floor...
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