Swallowing her food while determining how best to explain the abstract concept, Mom replies "Well, fiction is a story, like"

To be interrupted by Reading Bowling, "like Narnia."
Followed up by Independent Bowling "AND Junie B Jones!"
Brief Pause.
Mom continues, "And nonfiction is an account that is true, like"
To be interrupted by Reading Bowling, "like the Middle Ages."
Followed up by Independent Bowling "AND Dinosaurs!"


Another pause.
Mom continues, "Nonfiction can also be something true about a person, which is called biography, like"
To be interrupted by Reading Bowling, "like Eleanor Roosevelt."
Followed up by Independent Bowling, "AND Elvis!"