Well, it was just before 2011 started, that Abigail demonstrated a new ability in addition to her amazing question-posing capacity.
The metaphor.
I was driving Abigail and her sister to school. I do not often have this privilege because my work often requires me to start quite early and so taking them to school often falls to their father. But when he, the traveling scientist, is not in town, it falls to me or our child-care person to do it. On this particular day, I had chosen the car, even though I prefer the metro (28 years living in California pretty much destroyed any love affair I could have with cars).
"Mommy," began Abigail, "The car is like, like, a BIG suitcase. You see? We pack it full of things, we pack it with us, and then we take it to where we are going. It's just a big suitcase."
Yes indeed, Abigail. And what does a five-year old know about suitcases? Well... a lot. In 2010 Abigail visited Paris three times, Iceland, and the United States. This in addition to regular trips to our country house in the Ariege. And this was a relatively quiet year for travel for her and the rest of us. So Abigail knows suitcases.
And, Abigail sees clearly how the car resembles a suitcase.
More to come, dear follower(s). More questions, more metaphors, and perhaps even more we hadn't even thought about awaits us in 2011 with Abigail.
Stay tuned.
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