Around New Year when the chill of winters peaked, our family was down with high fever, running nose and cough. Though my parents and I recovered in 3 to 4 days, Pari who fell sick last, was still severely unwell and had to visit the pediatrician at the hospital.
During our brief interaction with the pediatrician, Pari picked up the word ‘Flu’ and asked me what it meant. Sometimes I get carried away forgetting that my child is a 4 year old and I went ahead to explain what ‘cold and flu’ meant, how they differed and what was their management in simple words.
Pari kept looking at me with eyes wide open, amazed by the variety of infectious microorganisms, grasping as much information she could.
A couple of days later, when her school reopened she told me that she had a fight with her class-mate Parv*. On gentle probing on what had caused the fight, this is what followed;
Me: What happened Pari?
Pari: Mumma Parv fought with me because of flu.
Me: Flu? Is he down with flu? what about it?
Pari: I explained to Parv all you had told me about flu and he said it was all wrong. I told him that my mumma taught me this and she can’t be wrong. But, he was adamant and we are no longer talking.
Me: *puzzled* What does Parv think flu means?
Pari: Udna
Me: What?
Pari: The poem we learnt today has a line, “The Robin flew”.
That’s when it dawned on me what had happened and I laughed for a long minute before explaining to Pari what was going on.
* Name changed to protect identity.
The song on my mind: Na bole tum, na maine kuch kaha ~ Baton Baton Mein
The Era I Lived In 
ROTFL! That is so cute! Can’t blame them for being confused 😀
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Pari made sure Parv knew her definition of flu well before he went home that day. I had a good laugh before explaining things to Pari 😀
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This certainly made me laugh first thing in the morning 🙂
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I am glad it did MTW 🙂
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Oh. The vagaries of language… pronunciation and spelling. 🙂 Your little angel is so sweet. It reminded me of my own childhood, and yes, the ‘mom told so and she can’t be wrong’ argument to end all arguments. 🙂
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Thank you Vinay 🙂
True that, whatever mommy says is etched in stone, she can never be wrong 🙂
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I love how kids come to their own conclusions! 😀 In a way they are both right 🙂
Adorable how ‘Mumma is always right’ right?
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I agree, both were right in their own ways 🙂
Oh yes! Amma is unarguably right.
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Hahahahaha! That’s so cute!
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😀 😀
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Awww…such innocence :):)
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🙂
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kids and their cuteness.. enjoy these special moments as long as they last..
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True Ani, kids grow up so fast. I can feel the time flying, Pari growing up and myself failing to match hr pace in noting down all that she keeps doing 🙂
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Lol.. Innocence:)
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See how she stood up for u 🙂
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You are so right Jo, this was the one thing that touched me the most 😀
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🙂
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he he he he .. I do wish the kids conclusions should be the TRUE conclusions always 🙂 🙂
and that is a BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL song
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I agree with you Bikram on both counts 🙂
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🙂 🙂 Sometimes children say something which makes you go speechless and you feel like “why did it never occur to me ” 🙂
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That’s quite true, trust kids to outsmart adults from a very tender age, but that is how life evolves, giving adults food for thought & reasons to smile 🙂
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