summer camp for the retarded

Says Alice: “I’d totally forgotten about the time my parents accidentally sent me to a summer camp. For mentally retarded children. I wish there was more to that story, but I was so young, about all I remember is the sound of my mom’s voice: ‘So that’s why it was so cheap.’ I think what happened was, one of the counselors approached her and started talking about how ‘bright’ and ‘quick’ I was, which naturally aroused my mom’s suspicions, which led to a Three’s Company-esque resolution of tenuous comedic merit. How long was I there before anybody realized the mistake? I’m afraid to ask.”