Chasing Birds

On Friday morning, on my way to drop Alison off to day care, we saw a group of pigeons. Alison’s eyes glistened and she exclaimed excitedly, “Mommy, look at the birds! Cute!” She tried to yank her hand away from me and run to the pigeons. Startled, the pigeons flew away. She then asked me: “Mommy, how come the birds don’t like it when I chase them?”

“Uh-oh, here we go again with the ‘How Comes’ and ‘Whys’…” I thought. With no clue about what to answer, I asked her back, “Would you like it if someone you don’t know started chasing you and your friends?”

She just looked at me with her innocent round eyes, and then I broke into laughter. Parang, diba? Kung ikaw ba biglang habulin ng kung sino, kundi ka rin magkandarapang tumakbo! Hahaha!