The other day Mama and Luca were sitting directly across from each other at the kitchen table. Luca suddenly asked, “Mama, can you see my head?”
Mama: “Yes, I can see your head.”
L: “I can see your head too. But I can’t see my head. Why can’t I see my head?”
Mama then gave some long and not very helpful explanation of how eyes are on your head so therefore can’t see it, etc.
Luca then began moving his head and his eyes in all directions, trying to catch a glimpse of his own head. As he moved his head up, he said, “Hey, Mama, when I move my mouth up, my whole head moves up too! Why??”
A little while later, we were getting ready to go out. Luca was putting on his rain boots (despite the sunny skies) and asked if he put them on the right feet. Then asked, “Why do we need two feet to walk?”
This morning as all three of us were driving in the car, Baba and Mama were talking about something that had happened way back when Luca was a teeny tiny baby. Luca chimed in, “When I was a teeny tiny baby, I had the same skin. And my name was still Luca. And I was still a monkey.”
Luca, the world is new with you! I think you and the little boy in the film Yi-Yi would get along really well. He knew people could not see the back of their heads so he photographed them!
Thank you for your questions! love, Granny
Dear Luca,
Those are really good questions. But just think, suppose your mouth weren’t attached to your head: then you might put it on a table and forget where it was and then you couldn’t eat anything–or call Mama or Baba to say your mouth was missing. Maybe the mouth on the table would just keep on eating by itself, or singing–all by itself. Anyway, aren’t you glad you have a mirror, so you CAN see your head and check that your mouth and nose and ears are still in the right places?
Got any more stuff to ask?
Love,
Grampy