Overheard on the tram this morning - a highly animated conversation between a very small child (VSC) and a young mum (YM):VSC: Mummy, why is all everything all on the ground?
YM: Well, the trees lose their leaves in Autumn, so they fall on the ground.
VSC, wide-eyed: They lose their leaves?
YM: Yes - when it's sunny the trees get all their nutrients through their leaves, then when it gets cold, the leaves die and they fall off.....
VSC, completely crestfallen: .... oooohhhh ....
YM: .... and the trees have a rest during winter ...
VSC, devastatingly saddened: .... ooooohhhh ....
YM: .... and then in spring, they get a whole lot of new shoots and the leaves grow back.
VSC, squealing with delight: .... The leaves come back?! They get new leaves again!! Then they're pretty and they have leaves!!!
It's a simple process, but it makes me happy too.
2 comments:
so sweet!
Aww... so cute!
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