Gen Z??????
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One evening, my then two-year-old was cranky...whining and crying for no particular reason, at least for no reason obvious to me. Suddenly wisdom dawned...whip out the sure fire, time tested strategy of moms...distraction!
Desperately seeking some inspiration, my eyes fell upon a tree bursting with greens. Immediately, I launched into one of those spontaneous story telling sessions...up in that tree...way, way, up...Don't get me wrong...the tree wasn't exactly a Redwood. In fact, it had got struck by lightening a couple of months back, but the brave little tree had gone into overdrive and sprouted hundreds of tiny green branches and was now literally a picture of health, vigour and vitality! (I am sure the neighbouring trees must have told their off spring to learn from that brave little fella!)
Anyways, for the sake of holding my young one's tear-blurred attention, I had to stress the 'way, way, up.' Slowly, the little head turned to look at the tree with a new found awe. Eyes widening with wonder, he listened as I continued, the creative side of my gray matter switching into hyper active mode.
"On the top of that tree, is a teeny-weenie nest."
Li'l eyes widen...huh...I never knew that!
The gray matter's warming up.
"In that nest, are two teeny-weenie eggs."
Wow, mouth drops open, a tiny drool escaping from the corner.
"In that nest, are a mommy bird and a daddy bird."
Now, that's news!
The gray matter's simmering by now.
"The mommy bird and daddy bird take very good care of their teeny weenie eggs."
Really? Cool!!!
And now......the gray matter poises to announce the dramatic climax!
"One day, the eggs hatch and two teeny weenie birds pop out!!!"
"Eat?"
The gray matter froze. This was supposed to be a regular old fashioned chweet li'l shtory about two sho shweet li'l baby birds, whom you are supposed to go all gaga, googoo over, and all that the little one could think of was...to eat it up? Aargghhh !*$@#!!! But anyways, if you want to know, he stopped crying :)
Cute!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like your little one needs to go on a loooooong loooooong nature walk :P :P :P
wow, don't u keep reinventing urself...and now...moggie mom!!! hmmm......wonder what else i'll discover about my Gen Z-er on those loong nature walks...
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely cute answer!! I am sure your little 'un has seen you making too many omelettes!! :-)))))
ReplyDeleteLOL...I was posting on the mad moggies and didnt realise that I was still logged in....Can't tell you how glad I am that our 4 legged brat can't speak because I am pretty sure every query which pops out of her mouth would have been an enquiring 'Eat???'...:P
ReplyDeletehow innocent children can be!! heartwarming! i am sure this is a moment you have captured in your grain of sand. "tear-blurred attention" - i love that phrase.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Shail...as they say, kids follow in our footsteps...can't blame the li'l guy with an omelette hogging role model around:)))
ReplyDeleteYup, moggie mom...but you can rest assured that yours is not a case of role modelling:)
Yes roopz...it was a grainy moment indeed! Don't u love it when we've caught their attention while the tears are still streaming down, ...it's one of those moments of mummy magic!
:)
ReplyDeleteReally I too lived thru that experience with your lit'l one, sooo.. true to life description! They're innocence personified, so easy to distract, with a little knack, of course!
ReplyDeletethanks arch, and yes amma, you are right :)
ReplyDeleteha ha ha...Chooooooo sweet....
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