No, dear follower(s?), Abigail didn't stop asking questions. Even better, I didn't stop taking note of them! But I did get drowned by life as it has been passing me by.
A sampling of the better questions of the last four weeks:
Why are dogs like wolves? Ah. Excellent question. She saw the similarity when her baby sister was given a toy stuffed wolf. And her baby sister, Amanda, knows the sign for dog (pant like a dog) which she did. (Never mind that Amanda pants for cats, rats, bunnies and any other mammal she has seen.) I am sure Abigail made the same link, and when I corrected Amanda, saying, 'No, not a dog, a wolf!' Abigail asked this question.
Why does Christophe (our hairdresser) have so many mirrors? Well, that one seemed obvious to me, but not to her. It opened up a discussion on how we like to look at ourselves, how he uses the mirrors to work.
Why do cars need gas? The answer was hard to formulate. I started to use the 'they need gas for the same reason we need food' explanation, but it sounded weird (we were in the car, and I watched her reaction in the rear view mirror and I could tell it wasn't making sense). And, I mean, well, yeah, we don't eat or drink gas. So, I switched tactics. I told her that the gas explodes when it is hot, and that the little explosion moves the parts of the engine which in turn move the wheels. She seemed to like that... and it lead to...
How are cars made, anyway? Crikey, kid! Slow down! Let me catch my breath between questions, will ya?
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