The Eight Year Old’s First Words.

The eight-year old boy had never spoken a word. Doctors were completely baffled and felt it was unlikely the boy would ever be able to speak.
One afternoon, as he sat eating his lunch he turned to his mother and said, “Soup’s cold.”
His astonished mother exclaimed, “Son, I’ve waited so long to hear you speak. But all these years you’ve never said a thing. Why haven’t you spoken before?”
The boy looked at her and replied, “Up until now, everything’s been okay.”