Every night at two o'clock Hoss Cartwright left his bedroom to fill his empty stomach with food. The rest of the inhabitants were mostly fast asleep.
On a certain night it was again the case. Hoss woke up by his grumbling stomach and that only meant one thing: FOOD! He got up and walked as quiet as possible downstairs. By coincidence Mitch and Cody were awake as well.
"Are you coming downstairs? I hear Uncle Hoss on the stairs", the young Cartwright said to the shepherd dog.
They got up and walked also downstairs. In the living room the open fireplace was burning like always. Mitch and Cody sneaked to the kitchen where Hoss was already eating his third sandwich.
"Gotcha!", Mitch said dry.
Hoss looked at his nephew like he was caught at a robbed bank safe.
"Don't do ever a thing like this! What are you doing?", Hoss asked.
"We heard you coming downstairs so we decided to follow you. Can you fix something for me as well?", his nephew asked on his turn.
Hoss nodded. He grabbed another sandwich and put butter upon it.
"What do you want on it?", he asked.
"Cheese and there jam on it", was the answer of the three year old Mitch.
His uncle gave him a very strange look.
"Jam is delicious but not cheese", Hoss said.
"I like both but do you know what is more delicious?", Mitch asked.
"Tell me", Hoss said curious.
Mitch brought more tension by keeping silent for a while to keep looking at his food loving uncle. The hazel brown eyes of Mitch became chinks and around his little mouth there played a big smile.
"Are you gonna tell me or must I guess?", his uncle asked while sandwich number 10 disappeared into his dark throat.
"Okay, I will tell you. Cheese and jam together of course", Mitch said laughing.
"What are we funny again. Don't make me laugh. Here is your sandwich with jam and cheese", Hoss said indignant.
He gave the plate with the sandwich to his nephew. The boy began to eat.
"This is no sandwich with jam and cheese", Mitch said also indignant.
"What is it then?", Hoss asked amazed.
"A sandwich with cheese and jam. Now you can see the cheese and jam. When the jam is under the cheese, then it was a sandwich with jam and cheese. Not now", the boy explained psychological.
Hoss sighted very deeply for a moment.
Then he said, "I can notice really very well that you are Adam's son because he reasons like that a lot."
"Like father, like son", his nephew spoke ceremonial.
"Go back to bed", Hoss said teasing.
Mitch ate quickly and went then laughing back to bed with Cody. Hoss followed not much later.