While I was riding on the tram at the airport today I was sitting next to this little kid who was very vocal about his thoughts about the world. The event transpired somewhat like this:
Little Kid: Look at where the train is going... it looks like magic. (short pause) I hate magic!(only slightly elevated, not quite a full exclamation)
His Mom: Oh, honey! 'Hate' is a strong word. We should say 'dislike' instead. You 'dislike' magic."
The kid kept rambling on but I was basically oblivious at that point. It was such a humorous and, frankly, shocking thing to hear a little kid say that I immediately started musing at the comment with my buddies. Just thinking of his tiny voice expressing such an austere and generally contradictory statement with such indignant clarity makes me laugh a little inside.
I don't know what has happened in the world when a small child takes such a strange, seemingly solitary stance but I find it most amusing nonetheless.
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