in the minds of kids

when naive isn't stupid

While on a bus one day, I heard a 7 year old boy ask his mum: 

Boy: Mum, are you gonna press Stop?

Mum: Yes, but not yet.

Boy: Ok.

Boy: Mum, what happens when you press Stop?

Mum: It will go 'beeeep' so the driver knows that someone wants to get off. And then he'll stop.

Boy: Ok.

Boy: Mum. You know what I thought will happen? I thought the bus will stop immediately once someone presses it. 

I can't remember what was the mum's response. 

Thank goodness it's not what he thought it was. 

Else, seatbelt will be mandatory on buses.

His naiveness reminds me of my nephew when he was about 2.

One day, I was on a phone video call with him, while my sister was preparing dinner.

He told me about his 'car', so I asked if he would bring me for a ride next time.

He said Ok.

The next thing he did was to put me (i.e. the phone) into the compartment under his car seat and manoeuvre around the house with me 'riding' under his seat.

Then his mum came out of the kitchen to check on him only to find him without the phone.

So she asked where's mummy's phone?

He said it's under the seat cos he's bringing 'eryi' for a ride. 

Hehehe.

This still puts a smile on my face every now and then.

The happiness of virtually riding on a plastic car driven by my nephew. :)

my nephew in his bunny cardboard house and car parked in the compound 

When I was 7, I used to think that the expiry date on spring water packaging is the date where the plastic bottle will disintegrate or become unsafe for use - which means it's an expiry date for the plastic and not the water in it.

I was curious to see how the bottles will look like when it expires so I tried to keep them until the expiry date. As bottled water generally has a long life span - at least a year, I never got the chance to see the bottles 'expires' as they often gone missing before the date arrives.

Over time, I grew out of this curiosity. I later found out from science classes that the expiry date can't be for the plastics.

Those were the days...
When our imaginations were wild because we knew less.
And because we knew less about facts and reality.