The Curious Three

In the car

"Mommy, where's that music from?"

"It's from a radio station."

"What's a radio?"

"It's a station that broadcasts sounds, such as spoken words and music."

"What's a station?"

"It's a place where something exists. That means something is there. For example, a gas station has gas. What about a train station?"

"Has trains! Choo choo!!"

"Right! So a radio station is a place where people on the radio work. They talk into a microphone and then the signal is sent out so we can hear them."

"Just like I have one (holding a pretend phone up by ear) Hello? Hello? Mommy, are you there?"

"That's a phone, not a microphone."

"It IS my phone!"

 

In the shower

"Mommy, can you put some water on my pee-pee?"

"Sure, but why?"

"Because I want to pee into the water.... Hey! My pee-pee can pee into the water! That's silly."

"What is?"

"My pee-pee pees..."

"It is kind of funny, huh? Your 'pee-pee' is actually called a penis."

"Actually, this is my pee-pee, not a peanut! You're silly, mommy."

 

The next day in the bathroom

"Mommy, are you almost done peeing?"

"Yes, Kai. Now can you get out of the bathroom?"

"No! (staring while I finished my business) Hey!"

"Hey to you too. What is it?"

"Mommy, where's your pee... peanut?"

"You mean a peNIS? I don't have one 'cause I'm a girl. Only boys have penises."

"Oh, I'm a boy so I have a peanut."

"PeNIS...."

"Daddy is a boy, so daddy has a peanut."

"Mm-hmm."

"But you're a girl. You don't have a peanut. And Weiwei is a girl..."

"Yeah, so Weiwei doesn't have a penis either."

(running out of the bathroom) "I'll go check! Don't move, mommy. I'll be right back."

 

In the living room

"Mommy, do you know where my daddy is?"

"Daddy's in the bathroom."

"Oh! I'll give daddy a call, and daddy will answer me." (went to get a toy phone) "I'll press 1... (shouting) Hello, daddy? Are you there? (silence) This is not the one. I'll press 4... (shouting) Hello, daddy? Are you there? (silence) This is not the one. I'll press 3... (shouting) Hello, daddy? Are you there? (silence) Daddy's not there. I'll press 1 again. No! No, no, no, no, no! I did 1 already. I'll press.... Mommy, what number did I have done? My daddy's not in 1. He's not in 4. He's not in 3. I know! (pressed 2 and shouted) Hello, daddy? Are you there?"

(Daddy happened to reply this time)

"Daddy said 'Yeah, Kai.' See? I told you. I told you daddy's in 2!"

 

In the kitchen

"Mommy, what are you doing?"

"I'm seasoning these chicken thighs."

"What's that?"

"Seasoning? It means adding some flavours, like salt and pepper."

"Why?"

"So the chicken thighs taste better."

"Oh, why?"

"Why what?"

"Why it taste better?"

"If we don't season them, they'll taste pretty bland."

"Why?"

"Because chicken thighs do not have any taste."

"But why?"

"Because chickens don't have any taste."

"But I have taste." (licking his arm)

"Yeah? What do you taste like?"

"Strawberries!"

 

 

 

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