Saturday, August 17, 2013

Points of view

The way I saw it :
Daivik has mastered some games in my phone and wanted to show it to his friends in the kindergarten.

The way Daivik saw it :
You know Appa, Joudy saw a thief today. He was climbing the apartment opposite our kita. No, he was not using the stairs, he was climbing on the walls, like a spider. No, he will not fall down, because he has special grip shoes but when he is about to fall he will use his rocket launcher and go up. You know, he is a 'cool' thief, because he has a 'plasma gun' with which he can shoot everybody and they will vaporize instantly. So he is now on the top of the building but you cannot see him because he is hiding. He is looking for people who have important things with them, for example, mobile phones. Quick, quick, Appa, give it to me.
'Will he not steal it from you Daivik'
'Uff, Appa, you don’t understand. I will take your phone and run back into the kita. There I can hide from him'
'Can’t he jump from the building into your kita'
'No, Appa, he cannot. Beause our kita door is locked. So, quick, give me your phone. See, when I’m waiting there, I can also play with my friends. When he sees so many people together he will run away'.

Friday, August 9, 2013

logic

Daivik was nibbling away his food, left elbow stationed on the table, head bent slightly, and unusually silent.  Now, quietness and Daivik usually do not go together.  I could infact sense something going on in his brain. Sure enough,  he started off.

"Mummy"
"Yes Daivik"
"You have a watch that is glittering"
"Yes Daivik"
"The coins that the pirates take from their treasures is also glittering"
"Yes Daivik"
Hmmm, I was wondering what exactly was he arriving at when he made the giant intellectual leap. A glittering watch in real life and the image of a glittering coin in a picture book can be pieced together.

"So Mummy", he asked, "were you pirates before?"

Yes, Daivik. We were. That is exactly how we are financing you.