What are they teaching them at child care nowadays – quantum mechanics? Or is my three-year-old grandson some kind of infant Time Lord?
Having nailed the concept of space-travel (see my post dated 16 April) he is now contemplating its relationship to time-travel.
We were returning from a trip to the local library where he had been playing with another little boy.
“How old was that other boy?” I asked him
“Four”, he replied.
“And how old are you?”
“Three”.
“How old will you be next birthday?”
“I don’t know”.
“Well, what comes after three?” I hinted.
“Four”, he said
“That’s right,” I said. “You will be four next birthday.”
“Will I get presents?” he asked hopefully.
“Yes”, I said. “But you will have to wait a long time. Your next birthday is a long way away.”
“I will go in Daddy’s car then.”