I'd rather listen him crying My family were having lunch the other day when my little son, who was lying in bed, started to cry out of nowhere, as usual. Once he had begun to cry, he would not stop doing so unless someone soothed him, as we knew. Therefore, I stopped eating, went into the bedroom, picked him up in my arms and wandered all over the house, but that didn't work --- he still kept crying. How would I deal with this problem? To tell you the truth, I had a secret weapon---singing. "Little swallow..." I began to sing. Although I had no genius for singing, I had hardly started to sing when my son stopped crying. I was extremely happy that someone really enjoyed my singing voice so that I raised my voice gradually. Suddenly my wife shouted, "Stop! Your voice is so ugly that I'd rather listen to him crying than listen to you singing."