The little man just finished his reading for the day --Enyd Blyton's The Magic Egg. Follow our conversation after he threw the pocketbook on the bed.
Me: So, what have you learned from the story?
O: You need to obey orders.
Me: And if you don't obey, what will happen to you?
O: You will be sent out.
Me: Sent out? By whom?
O: By your parents.
Me: Oh, and when you are sent out. What will you do?
O: Beg for money from people.
Me: Is it right to beg for money?
O: No.
Me: Why not?
O: Because you will be wasting other people's money.
Me:Then if you won't beg, how can you have money to buy food?
O: You just have to wait for people to drop their coins, and you pick them up.
Me: But what if they don't drop their coins?
O: Then you beg for money.
Me: I thought you said, it's not right to beg for money.
O: Yes, but it is not right for kids to go hungry, too.
Me: What you need to do is go back to your parents, and say sorry to them, so you don't have to beg money from people.
O: But they are already far away! How can I go back? I don't have a map. I need a map to go back home. And I need money to buy a map.
Me: Which means....
O: I have to beg for money so I can buy a map, so I can go back home.
Me:Oh. So what lessons have you learned again?
O: Be obedient.
If you disobey, you will be sent out.
And if you are sent out, be sure to bring a map so you can still go back home.
If you don't, you will beg for money.
Me: Thanks, son. I learned a lesson, too. The disobedient do lose their way.
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