Long time ago I blogged about my interactions with Zac, now 8 years old and still loves animals. Read those posts at Me vs Kid part 1 and Me vs Kid part 2 before reading the rest of this.
After a short conversation where he told me about certain species of otters and squirrels and other animals (I can’t remember the exact names) that are endangered in Singapore (which left me feeling a little inadequate), he excitedly asked,
“Do you know what I want to be when I grow up??”
“No idea. Maybe… a fireman?”
I knew it was gonna be some animal-related thing, but I decided to play dumb.
“Nope! I give you ten tries to get it correct!”
“Zookeeper!”
“Nope.”
“Zoologist!”
“No.”
“Dog trainer?”
“No.”
“Butcher!”
“No!!”
“Cook! Cleaner! Garung guni man!”
“All wrong!”
“Uh… I guessed ten already. Give up!”
“One more try!”
“Teacher!”
“No I don’t wanna be a teacher!”
“Okay then what do you want to be?”
“You know the loch ness monster and bigfoot all that? I want to be an investigator to see if they’re real or not.”
“I see, that’s very interesting, “I was careful not to say anything that might discourage him, “I would love to know if they exist or not…”
“You?” he looked straight at me and asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”
I stood there for a few moments, blinking, and not quite sure what to say.
so cute.
when i grow up, I want to have kids just like zac!!
Comment by Cute Chick — March 22, 2009 @ 8:53 pm