Children have a vivid imagination; but it is also fascinating to see how they have thought things through in depth also. During our conversation before dropping off to sleep one night, Aniruddh was looking very pensive. When asked, he came up with what was occupying him. "I am wondering how to be a flying character, like Superman". The alarm bells went off and several patient minutes were spent explaining the difference between fact and fiction, reality and comic strips etc. Peace and sleep. Or?
The next morning and again, we find a pensive boy staring at the ceiling, tapping his lips. Again the concerned query from parents, and his reply "I am wondering how to become Krishna" (his current favourite DVD). Krishna is God and we can't become like that etc... followed by his reasoning. "But we can. I will paint my body blue and put a peacock feather in my hair."
And to think we thought nothing would go wrong with a little religious values instilled early in life!!
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