I ordered some organic bananas from the local farm and told Ch I had a special treat for him. Hinted by asking "what do monkeys love to eat?" Him: "Peanuts!" Me: "Erm yes.. but this is yellow..."
"Bananas!"
Played "Spot the bananas" in the kitchen and we each peeled one to eat. I saw that his was a little overripe at the bottom so swopped his for mine. Christian asked why I took his and I explained that it was a little mushy and shouldn't be eaten. He asked again, "why I eat this and you eat that, mama" and I understood what he was really asking.
I explained that when you love someone, you want to give them the best, and that's why I gave him the better fruit. He absorbed what was said silently, then asked me to throw the spoilt portion away.
I gave little thought to what I said, until about half an hour later, when he came bouncing to me, offering me one of his guava slices. He would normally share his guava with everyone, but he looked around the slices seriously this time round, and said "I give you the biggest slice, mama." *smile*
He continued this after dinner, when he offered me his precious berrydophilus vitamin (which tastes more like a sweet frankly). I said no absentmindedly but was struck by his unusual persistence. Realised he must be trying to apply what I'd said to him earlier, and thus accepted one gratefully. I was bemused as the internal struggle to let go of his treasured vitamin played out on his face, but he managed to put the little chewable vitamin into my mouth (staring long after it went in tho, haha) after all.
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