On the way to United Square: "Ibu, can we keep a parrot?
*thinks fast* "Uhm...I don't think so. Nanti Chichi makan dia macam Awang dulu. Cats like to eat birds." (for the uninitiated, Awang Kenit was a former cat who butchered my dad's expensive songbird)
*silence*
"Ibu, can I have a good dog for a pet?"
*GULP* *apa hal pulak budak ni?*
"Uhm..eh mana boleh...kan kita orang Islam. We cannot touch dogs."
*silence*
"Takpe, we can just hold the string."
*mind racing, thinking of ways to deliver a lecture on responsibility*
"Abis kalau dia nak manja-manja macam Chichi macam mana? Kita tak boleh pegang dia."
"Never mind." *long pause* "We can wear mittens."
HAHAHHAH! Reminds me of when after watching Sesame Street, my sister asked if we could keep one tiny cute piglet. She even said its not haram cos Allah said we cannot eat pigs and that we wont be eating her piglet. (>.<)
ReplyDeletekhalidah - don't kids ask the darnest things..:-)
ReplyDeletesame situation here too....afrina's been asking for kitten n she said we should buy puppy for aqil..and when i ask why, she said puppies are cute just like aqil!! hahaha
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteaiyoh...so dunno-what-to-say right? dah lah warped reasoning..pak mat tempe pulak tu. just now he was playing with his oys while we were watching news and there was tis report on something in Sri Lanka which killed some Tamil Tiger rebels. and he went into his Steve Irwin mode and said "Eh mana boleh kill tigers, tak baik kan, kan Allah made tigers kan ibu?"
ReplyDeletetell me how not to laugh in front of him?
actually he has a point there, don't u think?
ReplyDeleteu see, this is what we can learn from kids. -go get whatever you wish for, whatever it takes...
ReplyDelete*lol*....this guy is a KEEPER!!
ReplyDelete*rotflol*
ReplyDeleteCake, anak kau pandai betul lah...
ReplyDeleteAnd kids see things so simply, make me wish we cld go back to that innocence - less confusing.
a kid should come with a manual, don't you all think?..
ReplyDeleteooopsss.....i lupa nak tell u that i love d title on this blog......!!
ReplyDeleteit makes me GRIN like crazy :)))))
oh yes i want a puppy too! get him a soft toy puppy .. that might keep him happy for a while .
ReplyDeleteyou have one smart boy, strings and then mittens :) Afzal asked for puppy too, and I couldnt remember what i said back then.
ReplyDeleteThen the manual will be the VERY thick. So many profiles to cover.
ReplyDeleteMaybe hotline for troubleshooting lah...
OMG! This kinda questioning kalah exam stress. Hehe...
ReplyDeleteHe wouldn't be convinced with your answers if you duduk kat sini....many many Muslims simpan anjing! No mittens, no string! As it is, Maryam's confused. I tell her one hukum, but people do the other...
ReplyDeletehahah...remind me of my nephew at ilhan's age...we were watching malay drama, a sad scene where the baby died and was beingburied at the cemetary. The baby's parent pour air mawar onto the kubur and he piped up...why did the man pour water on the baby?... i looked over to his mom and we were at a loss as how to answer...(ya tak ya jugak...why do we do dat...btw i still dun understand the logic behind it).. then he answered his own question..."Oh I know...so that the baby will grow right..? Like daddy he pour water on plants to make plants grow..."
ReplyDelete*speechless-whilst-trying-so-hard-to-curb-inappropriate-snorts-of-laughter*
do you have any pets of any kind alya? ilhan now has a pet 'caterpillar' named 'Docky' (sounds like doggie to me!), which, incidentally, is also tied to a string...
ReplyDeletei think puppies/dogs have been popularised by kids' pop culture lah eh maria?
ReplyDeletehaks! whatever exams it is you're taking, good luck!
ReplyDeletehaiii....but he has a point, you know...the mittens part..hahaha
ReplyDeleteahaks! bijak betul lah budak ni...that's Kids Science 101 for adults tu!
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