My almost 3 year old grandson was hanging in the kitchen with his dad, my son-in-law, who was busy prepping a meal. My grandson was demanding attention as toddlers do. “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!” he kept saying. “Hold on a minute!” said Dad.
Again from my grandson: “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!”
From his dad: “Just hold on! Hold your horses!”
My grandson went silent and stood there for a few seconds with an odd look on his face. Then he quietly said “okay” and walked away.
A few minutes later he returned. Each hand was holding a My Little Pony he had gotten from the playroom.
“Daddy,” he said, “I hold my horses.”
Now that is literally listening to Daddy!