Lesson From A Child 1_It's Actually, A Simple World

While waiting in the car with my 5 year old niece this afternoon, children as children would be .. started balling in the car. And conversation goes :

Me : Can you stop balling around, you look like monkey swinging branches to branches? Are you a monkey?

Niece : Yeah ... monkey ...

** so the monkeying continues ......

** 30 secs later .....

Me : See what you've done ... ( with higher voice tone ) 你踩到我的carpet这样 (Direct translation : You step my carpet like this)?

** her monkeying actions flip my carpet all over

Niece : (in small soft tone) 可是carpet就是给人踩的哦 ....

Me : (eyeball roll, fuming, but still, have to agree with her ... trying my best to stay calm, while easing to a new subject) Any homework today? @ @

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Sometimes, children sees the obvious more than we do, polluted with all the manners of the world, we sometimes forget things can be so simple, uncomplicated ...