We were walking home when Keane called me to stop.
He spotted a snail near the bus stop(again... he always spot insects, ants and creepy crawlies on the ground...).
"Mummy look! So cute!" he said as he kneeled down to take a closer look...
I let him examined the snail and took some pictures.
"Let's go home... Very hot!!" I finally said, fearing that he will request to bring it home.
If you have been following this blog, u will know that we ever had a pet snail but it died in the end!
"Mummy..." he began.
"Cannot bringing home!" I interrupted.
"It won't die this time, I promise!" he begged.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"I will chant for his health... and I will be gentle!" he continued.
I refused.
An auntie waiting for the bus to arrive heard our conversation...
She asked me, "You going home or what?"
I answered,"Home... Just right ahead."
"Then bring home for him lar!" the auntie sounded as if she's going to scold me...
"I have no plastic bag to catch it," I tried to find an excuse.
"I have!" she said as she digged out a plastic bag... She removed her umbrella from it and without saying another word, she bent down to catch the snail with it...
Keane was elated, "Auntie thank you!"
"Good boy!" auntie replied smilingly.
I stood there not knowing what to do...
Keane held the plastic bag with the snail in it, and with the other hand he held my hand, "Mummy let's go home and give the snail a home too."
I looked at his contented face and relented...
Just then the bus came for the auntie to board. I quickly thanked her and walked home with darling Keane...
The good fortune that accrues to parents who apply themselves diligently to SGI activities will protect their children without fail. Based on this conviction, you must still make positive efforts to open and sustain dialogue with your children, not allowing yourselves to neglect them, claiming that you're too busy or it can't be helped, or telling yourselves that somehow things will be taken care of. Unless you exert yourselves in this way, you are irresponsible parents who lack compassion.
