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by Megan
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Grow beard into pony tail
Oneday, my husband came inside the house with bare chest after he finishedmowing the lawn. My three year old daugher lifted his arm and said: "Daddy, you grow beard under your arm."
I asked her with a straight face: " Where do you grow your beard?"
She turned her head and swished her hair from side to side, said:" Can't you see? I grow my beard on top of my head."
Her daddy grabbed her and said:" Let's shave your beard off."
She pushed him away, and said" No way, I will grow my beard into a pony tail."
Truth about death
Oneday, my four year old daughter and I found a dead dear killed bytraffic at the roadside. We called to have the dear picked up. Sheasked what happened to the dear and asked many questions.
Itried my best to explain what happens to a creature when it dies, thelife-death cycle, how every plant and animals are connected, etc.
WhileI was quite satisfied with my scientic explaination, she turned to mewith a face full of worry and said:" Are you going to die?"
Iassured her that will not happen in a long time. She did not hear me,tears were coming out, said:" you can not die, you can not die".
I promised to her: " It will not happen until my hair turns gray, my face is full of wrinkles."
For the next two weeks, everyday she checked my hair for gray and my face for wrinkles.
I told her my wrinkles will set into my face slower if she put kisses on my face. So I got extra amount of kisses from her.
Afew months later, her grandmother came to vist. She sat on her lap andchatted with grandma. She asked:" Are you going to die?"
Her grandma was surprised and said:" This will not happen for a while, I hope."
She said:" When you die, I will be very sad and miss you so much."
Her Grandma gave her a big hug. She placed many kisses on her face and said: " Now your wrinkles will grow slower."
Later during our small talk, I told her she should not ask those questiones because those questiones make people sad.
She asked:" Are they afraid of dying?"
Then I had her promise not to ask people that quesiones either.
You Needed Time To Grow
My four year old daughter had no clue about the people's age. She asked me:"I am four years old. How old are you?"
I tested her:" How old do you think Mommy is and how old do you think Daddy is?"
She thought for a while and said:" Maybe you are 24, and Daddy is 38."
Daddy protested:" Why Daddy is so much old than your Mommy?"
She said: " You are so much bigger than Mommy (body size), you needed time to grow, didn't you?"
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by 朱竹
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我家的小竹笋快两岁了,贡献趣事几则:
(1)
小竹笋骑在小三轮车上.两脚蹬地,左冲右突.忽听她大叫:"摔了,摔了.袜子摔了."原来小三轮车一头撞在洗衣筐上,搭在边上的一只袜子掉下来了.
(2)
傍晚,在秋千上玩的兴起,仰头对著天上喊:"弯亮,弯亮(她一向对月亮这么称呼),打秋千吗?嗯?"回头一望,果然有一个弯月挂在天边呢.不由得想:李白的举杯邀明月难道受过小孩子的启发吗?
(3)
妈妈正在上厕所,小竹笋手拿一片ALWAYS,拆去包装,递给妈妈,同时关切地说:"妈妈裹上尿布吗?嗯?"说嗯的时候,拐著弯儿拉个长声,眼睛注视著你,小下巴往前点一下,同时眉毛轻轻一扬,那份关心真是让妈妈有盛情难却的感觉.
