When was the last time you read a book to your child?

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My 3yr old strikes again. She comes in the room with one of her brother's school books and asks me to read to her. Since I was on the computer, trying to get through all of those trivia questions at GSN, I really wasn't in the mood for reading a long drawn out book. So, I told her, no, that book is too long for me to read to you right now. She said okay, so she went into the other room and guess what she was back in a flash with a much lesser page book to read. This book only had 64 pages and basically would take me about 10-15 minutes, verses the other book she chose would have taken me an easy 45 minutes to an hour. Her determination is persistance is what got me to read the book the second time around. And of course, once I finished, I reminded her that she needs to get permission before going to get any more books in the future. So, I read the book to her, she was sooo HAPPY. She enjoyed the story, even though I know her brother has read the story to her many times over already. So, this question is for the ladies, why do little girls desire their dads to read to them, especially if they have already heard a particular story before?