The same
four-year-old from next door (mentioned
in this post) gave me the highlight of the week, again. Call these our philosophical
back-yard neighborly chats.
Four-year-old: “Auntie Mirka! Auntie Mirka!”
(Our neighbors
are of Indian origins, so every non-related adult gets to be “Uncle” or “Auntie”)
Me: “Hi there!”
Four-year-old:
“What are you doing?”
Me: “What do you think I’m doing?”
Four
year-old: “Cleaning the yard?”
Me: “Good guess. What are you doing?”
Four
year-old: “Me too. I’m cleaning the yard.”
Me: “That’s good.”
Four-year-old:
“Auntie Mirka! Auntie Mirka!”
Me: “Yes?”
Four-year-old:
“why do I always want to talk to you?”
I’m left
speechless. But I admit it’s a great question.
7 comments:
I don't know for sure, but probably because you are a friendly and curious child.
Aw, she sounds sweet.
What an incredible compliment from a child! Well deserved.
Decades ago, Art Linkletter had a show in which kids said the darnedest things. Later, Blll Cosby did a reprise of that. Books have been published in which comments/questions, such as the one asked by the 4-year-old next door, are collected for our entertainment and proof that sometimes children, before they’ve been socialized into prejudices of all kinds, can be wiser than adults.
That's funny! You must be a nice person. That's why she always wants to talk to you.
Aw, because he clearly likes you. Kids are so funny and yes, my neighbors were Auntie and Uncle too for my kids when in WA, but very quickly they adapted to M'am and Sir living in the South.
Such a cute story! Maybe she'll make it into a book someday.
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