Case in point -
Christian: Why is the road shiny, mama?
Me: Becos it rained.
C: Oh! it rained..why did it rain, mama?
Me: Because.... the dark rain clouds came.
C: It rained.. and the roads are slippery now! Why is it slippery?
Me: Because the rain fell and the roads became wet.
C: Why are the roads wet, mama?
Me: Erm..because they are not covered.
C: Why did they not cover the roads?
Me: ?!? Because it's too large to be covered.. and because we want to see the sunshine sometimes. It won't rain all the time, you know.
C: Why do we want to see the sunshine?
Me: *struggles for an answer and changes topic*
Case in point 2
C: Why are the tree trunks on the floor?
Me: Because they were cut off the tree.
C: Who cut the tree?
Me: The woodcutter.
C: Where is the woodcutter now?
Me: He's at home, resting. He's not working today.
C: Why is he not working?
Me: Because it is Saturday, and he wants to play with his children.
C: Why does he want to play with his children?
Me: I don't know.. why don't you tell me?
C: Mama.. why?
Me: Why what?
C: Why you say "why"?
Me: Because you asked me a question.
C: Why did Christian ask you a question?
Me: *tries to find virtual wall to bang my head against*
2) On a less comical but sweeter note, we realised that he's a rather polite boy (tho his daddy would caveat that C's politeness appears limited to me). His demands are sensitively couched in the form of questions.
Case in point 1
[I lie down in bed next to him, trying to put him to bed. C notices i'm not wearing pjs, unlike him.]
C: Mama, you want to wear this? You want to change?
Case in point 2
[I laze in bed after he wakes me up.. but he wants me to go play with him.]
C: Mama, can I come in? you want to wake up? ? Can I open the curtains for you?
Case in point 3
He sees a small tetra pak of berry smoothie that he's had before. Couldn't resist grabbing it, but looks at me with big eyes and asks: "Mama, is this mine? Can I have it?"
^_^
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