Conversation

You never know how kids think nowadays.

Like most parents, I asked my 3-year-old daughter one day. “What do you want to do when you grow up?”

“Nothing,” she answered.

I did not give up. “How about being a doctor?”

“No.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“I will get married.”

“Mummy also got married,” I replied, “but she still goes to work.”

I was anticipating an in-depth discussion on the meaning of life, but our conversation was interrupted by Mummy’s laughter.