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Everyone's a critic
12 years ago
"Is it a octopus?" Prav asked, looking over at Zee-Zee's latest masterpiece as the two of them sat together at the little daycare painting table, getting their smocks, fur and everything within paws' reach covered with bright-coloured poster-paint.
"Nuh-uh," Zee-Zee said with a shake of his head. "It's a elephant!"
"Why is it purple?" Prav asked.
"It's a purple elephant!" Zee-Zee replied, a little tetchily. "You knocked all the grey paint on the floor!"
"Only cause you bumped my arm!" Prav insisted. "Anyway, it's got too many legs for a elephant!"
"Does not!" huffed Zee-Zee, adjusting his glasses and getting a big purple fingerprint on them. "That one's its trunk, and that one's its tail!"
"It's still too many," said Prav.
The two of them spent a long time counting the legs, but never getting to the same figure twice in a row. Finally, Zee-Zee lost his patience. "It's a magic elephant!" he snapped, painting yet another leg onto it, just to prove his point, "Magic purple elephants can have as many legs as they want!"
"Nuh-uh," Zee-Zee said with a shake of his head. "It's a elephant!"
"Why is it purple?" Prav asked.
"It's a purple elephant!" Zee-Zee replied, a little tetchily. "You knocked all the grey paint on the floor!"
"Only cause you bumped my arm!" Prav insisted. "Anyway, it's got too many legs for a elephant!"
"Does not!" huffed Zee-Zee, adjusting his glasses and getting a big purple fingerprint on them. "That one's its trunk, and that one's its tail!"
"It's still too many," said Prav.
The two of them spent a long time counting the legs, but never getting to the same figure twice in a row. Finally, Zee-Zee lost his patience. "It's a magic elephant!" he snapped, painting yet another leg onto it, just to prove his point, "Magic purple elephants can have as many legs as they want!"
Anyway, once its dry, maybe you can ask your grownup how many legs magic elephants are supposed to have?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJv2Mugm2RI
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The whole finale really sticks out well as you built up the tension very nicely. The "IT"S A MAGIC ELEPHANT!" followed by smeering on another leg is just priceless. Especially considering, "He can have any number of legs he wants!"
Never argue with a kid who has an imagination. You'll always lose as the rules can always be changed to fit nicely to make anything make sense.
Reminds me a lot of what my son does when he wants to play a game. You'll play it until he feels he is going to lose. At this point, he initiates "Kid Rules" and nobody can overturn a kid rule except for another kid. :)