A conversation captured yesterday afternoon.
“Mommy, teacher made us all stand in the class today.”
“Why, darling?”
“We were running around in the class. Teacher was mad at us and we were punished to stand and not allowed to go home.”
“All of you have to stand?”
“Yes, mommy! I was also mad at teacher.”
“Why?”
“Because I said sorry but she wouldn’t accept my apology. So, I have a plan.”
“What plan, dear?”
“I can’t tell u, mommy. It’s a secret.”
“But, we don’t keep secrets from each other, right? Can you tell me please.”
Mom was so desperate to find out about my plan. She persuaded me to tell her and so I disclosed to her about my plan in detail. It went this way. First, I will put some blood onto teacher’s chair and then I will put some more blood on her hands. Then I will ask her to go to the window. Then she will fall off the window by herself and faint. Then she will be sent to the hospital and put in a cage. That’s all.
I knew mom was very calm. She asked if there was someone else who came up with the plot together with me and I told her it was all from me. From that moment onwards, I sensed something not right. I’ve been getting her lecture for the whole night. At one point, I showed my temper. And mom instructed me to throw away my ‘mad’ in the dustbin rightaway. So, we both went to the kitchen and I threw all the ‘mad’ away. Even mommy threw hers too. So, both mommy and I are not allowed to get mad anymore. Mom said, if someone made us mad, we just have to smile and say ‘never mind’ or say ‘it’s ok’. Mom double checked if I have really shed off my ‘mad’ by giving me a scolding for nothing. Luckily I showed her a smiley face and said it’s ok.
My ‘mad’ is just gone!
“Mommy, you cannot be mad too. Because you have thrown away your ‘mad’ together with me.”
“Sure, darling.. I will not be mad if you would also throw away your ‘naughty’ in the dustbin too. Now go!”
And off you go to the dustbin, ‘naughty’! I said.
That night, mom did not read me any stories. Mom shared ‘Do you know’ with me and told me again about the hole in the sky and what causes the hole to get bigger and bigger.
“We just have to ask the people to stop open burning and chopping down trees. We must recycle mommy!”
Mom also told me that we should respect the elders, grown ups and especially teachers. Mom said teachers are great people because they teach the children a lot of amazing stuff like English, Addition, Subtraction, Science, Moral, Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin. We must be thankful to teachers and not get mad at them when we were being punished. It was us who had made the mistake in the first place and we deserve to get the punishment.
P/S : Please do not misunderstand that I have evil thoughts. I was only being overly creative by plotting a plan that I have modified from the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. If you could recall, the giant tumbled down from the beanstalk and into a hole while chasing after Jack, right…