2006jun25. Two overheard encounters with children today.
1) An approximately two-year-old child stands on a sidewalk, gesturing and shouting at me. His language is incomprehensible. The father eggs him on with equally incomprehensible shouts. Back and forth. This is how we learn English.
2) Another ~two-year-old almost runs into me in the San Francisco Arboretum. I dodge. The mother speaks to the child: “The next person who runs into you may not be so nice. Did you drop your slug?” In her reality, I clearly endangered the child, not to mention the slug incident. There are many realities out there. Watch out for them!