"I went to China!"
[to me]"You went to China and never even told me?"
"I had fun in China."
"What did you do there?"
"I learnt kung fu and I played with the pandas!"
"And Mamma let you do that?"
"I didn't go with Mamma, I went with Lalit*."
"Who is Lalit?"
"My best friend. In school. He is a kid, like me."
[to me]"How could you allow such a young kid to go to China alone."
Should I smile at the gullibility of adults, or admire the imagination of my five-year old?
* name changed
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A drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
12 comments:
Rayna - What a wonderful imagination your son has! Oh, and I just adore that 'photo! How funny that that innocent face took in an adult. That's just a great story :-).
Enjoy the imaginings of a five-year old. I think it’s fantastic how kids can go anywhere without living home.
He's seeing the world at a young age! :)
I think you should do both :D
Too bad he didn't take you. You would have enjoyed it.
Imagination - the cheapest, safest way to travel.
This is why I love teaching - kids are wonderful and amazing!
Most definitely admire the five year old imagination. There's nothing else like it. Adorable!
I fleetingly remember my five-year-old imagination. It was fantastic.
@ Margot - he does, doesn't he? And it is precisely because that face looks so innocent that people get fooled all the time.
@ Jane - not just kids. At 39, I travel without leaving home all the time.
@ Elizabeth - world traveller already
@ Dorte - I should, shouldn't I?
@ Alex - guess I should do just that.
@ Mary - I can go on my own, can't I?
What we would do without imaginations I do not know.
@ Jemi - lucky are the people who have kids around them. Taxing, challenging, but also amazing.
@ Julie - unless you include an older person's imagination which is still maintained at the five year old's level
@ Medeia - it must have been. But I am sure it is still there, somewhere.
found you via Dipali's blog. Loved this post as well as so many others!
@ themadmomma - thank you for stopping by. Kids are incredible, aren't they?
@ Jen - I totally agree with you. If people are as literal as that, they deserve what they get.
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