"I don't think I want to be a pilot", my older one said. "Flying a plane is very boring. I want to be a scientist.""Mamma, can he be a scientist?", the younger one asked.
"He can be anything he wants to be", I said. Then added, "But to be a scientist, you need to be really good at Maths."
"I don't like Maths", he replied. "But I want to be a scientist, because scientists are really cool. So, I will be a scientist without Maths."
"If you wish."
Oh to be seven and have the world at your command.
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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
It is a wonderful world of possibilities through their eyes and you can't help but smile. That keeps the world on track.
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@ Mason- it does, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteYes, there is something so pure about having a world of possibilites at your feet. We should learn from the mind of a child!
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of innocence :) I love the conversation you have with your boys.
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It is sad how we lose that self-belief as we grow older.
ReplyDeleteYeah, eventually they find out anyway. As long as we don't burst their bubble now. Great post!
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Rayna - I just love your son's logic!! I think that's one reason that children can be so incredibly creative. They are not bound by conventional logic and linear thinking. They create whatever world they want and it's often much more interesting, lively and beautiful than the world adults create...
ReplyDeleteWhy can't we all be so clear!
ReplyDeleteGot to love that, oh to be a child again.
ReplyDeleteI love that. I love your stories.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad we loose that command when growing up. Wonderfully written as always. :)
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt if his dream remains he will make it happen. he optimism of a child, how sad that we lose it.
ReplyDeleteand there you have it... why Leigh was never a scientist... :D LOL! I love them--too cute~ <3
ReplyDeleteHe might surprise you one day!
ReplyDeleteHi, Rayna! I love your drabbles. I've decided to try them with my composition students this semester. :-)
ReplyDeleteI saw you listed at Kittie Howard's blog as an award winner - congratulations!
Rayna, I've got a little something for you over at my place. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYour drabbles are great. Have you thought about selecting one theme, throwing it open to a particular group (students/housewives/or ?) and turning this into a book??? You've got something really great going here.
@ Saumya- it is a pity we forget what we once thought we were capable of, isn't it?
ReplyDelete@ Jules- thank you. They are chatterboxes, and keep me entertained for hours- unfortunately, they are the hours when I am trying to get them to bed.
@ Damyanti- very.
@ Karen- they are absolute delights when they are not making me pull my hair out in frustration
@ Clarissa- I guess they will. Or they may even learn to love maths
@ Margot- so true. Limitless possibilities, that's what a child's world it. And we spend a lifetime knocking sense into them. I wish we didn't, because it is good to dream limitless, isn't it?
@ Jan- because we are not children? Because we know 'better'.
@ Dyche Designs- wouldn't that be great?
@ Sherrie- thank you. And I have been reading, just not commenting.
@ RA- thank you. And such a pity.
@ Mary- I would rather he learn to love maths, but I am greedy
@ Leigh- now that is something we don't have in common- I love maths
@ Alex- I would love to be surprised, if this is the surprise he springs on me.
@ Shannon- they are a great writing exercise. Would be looking to hear more about how it works out.
@ Kittie- thank you. And a bunch of us do drabble together. Do drop by sometime - www.the-burrow.org
That is my kind of logic! (I don't like maths either.)
ReplyDeleteI love your drabbles. :)
Have a delightful day,
Lola
@ Lola - trust a kid to re-arrange the world! And thank you.
ReplyDelete*giggles* I'm going to be a famous author without the editing.
ReplyDelete*nods*
I love his command of his universe.
Tami- in his Universe, anything is possible.
ReplyDeleteI love the dreams of seven-year-olds! My son is also seven. He doesn't want to be cool in school - he wants to be a maths geek or a gaming nerd... ;-)
ReplyDeleteFiona- your son is the cutest thing there is!
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