“I cannot eat this”, said my son pushing his aubergine curry
away. “It is too hot.”
“Wait for it to get cold”, I told him.
“Not that hot”, he corrected. “The other hot. Chilli hot.”
“But I didn’t even put any chillies.”
He was not buying that, and finally let himself be partially
placated after I sprinkled sugar on the offending curry. Minutes after
finishing dinner, he wolfed down an entire packet of fiery hot jalapeño flavoured
wafers.
“And you don’t think this is hot?”, I asked him.
“Not at all”, he replied with a smile. “This is very normal.”
Hi! I read almost all your posts but this is probably the first time I'm commenting.
ReplyDeleteMy compliments on your beautiful, meaningful, insightful drabbles! I love them.
This one was so close to home that I had to write. Same story with my son...
Keep writing...because a hundred words are not enough...to read.