Zac, a 5 year old boy, who loves animals.

Zac, staring straight into my eyes: Kor kor, what is your favourite animal?

Me: Hmmmmm….. I don’t know! What is your favourite animal?

Zac: I like lion, and I like horse!

Me: Ahh… lion and horse! I know what animal I like!

Zac, coming even closer with wide-open eyes: What?

Me: I like beef!

Zac, scratching his little head: Beef?

Me: Yes - beef!

Zac looks confounded. The animal encyclopedia that he memorised did not have any animal called “beef”.

Zac: How do you draw beef?

Me, caught mildly off-guard: Ermmm….. have you seen a hamburger?

Zac nods.

Me: You know the the hamburger has two pieces of bread? The brown piece of meat in between the two pieces of bread is beef!

Zac furrows his brow.

Me: I like chicken too. Do you like to eat chicken?

Zac nods a little slowly.

Me: But… but how do you know you like lion and horse? Have you eaten them before?

Zac, looking disturbed: No!

Me: Then how do you know you like horse and lion?

Zac looks perplexed.

Me: You know what? Lions like to eat horses!

Zac, very disturbed: No!!!

Me: They let lions eat horse meat in the zoo!

Zac, about to cry: Noo!!!

Me: Okay, okay….

Keep me away from your kids.