For a while now, I've been encouraging Daivik to take the stairs instead of the lift. After passing though the customary series of why's, he somewhat understood that stairs are better. One evening, as we returned from the kindergarten, he insisted that we take the stairs. But there was a logistic problem, we were on the bicycle that had to go up three floors. What to do ? Daivik started 'thinking'. When he 'thinks' like that, it is quite fascinating to watch. He grows unusually quiet and starts tapping the sides of his forehead with the tip of his forefinger, quite literally knocking at the doorsteps of thoughts. The result is usually quite transparent, you can actually see the thought emerging from the depths of his brain and light up his eyes ! Now, he gets an 'idea'. "Appa", he said, "we can leave the cycle inside the lift, press number 3, come out of the lift and run up the stairs before the cycle comes there".
It was a good solution, it allowed us to take the stairs as well as to transport the bicycle. So we did exactly the same, and collected the cycle from the lift in the third floor. This minor deviation from the routine was such an exciting thing for him that he hurriedly reported it to his mother.
The next day he wanted to repeat the exercise, this time leaving his sister's pram inside, sister included.
It was a good solution, it allowed us to take the stairs as well as to transport the bicycle. So we did exactly the same, and collected the cycle from the lift in the third floor. This minor deviation from the routine was such an exciting thing for him that he hurriedly reported it to his mother.
The next day he wanted to repeat the exercise, this time leaving his sister's pram inside, sister included.
"literally knocking at the doorsteps of thoughts" how do you come up with these phrases! awesome..
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