The last time he complained about sleep being a waste of time, I told him: The body needs sleep in order to rest and recharge itself.
He said: what'll happen if someone doesn't sleep for a long long time?
I replied (hastily and thoughtlessly as t turned out): They would be really really tired and they may even faint or die.
I could have bitten my tongue out even as I said this but he said no more and I moved on, hoping he had not paid much attention to what I said.
Fat hope.
A day later, he comes to my room at night, very agitated and in tears.
Amma, I can't sleep. I'm going to have such a short life!!
Now what do I do with this boy???
ouch!..poor guy! must have been a difficult situation..but I'm sure you'd have soothed him and allayed his fears..and he is feeling much better now.
ReplyDeleteHe's ok now :)
Deleteha ha ha! u walked right into this one, didn't u!
ReplyDeleteYes I did :(
DeleteAiyo! :(
ReplyDeleteAiyar indeed! But he's ok now.
DeleteOh the poor guy! You need to remember how super-smart he is before explaining anything to him :).
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