Desultory meditations on time from my soon-to-be four-year-old son and my two-year-old daughter:
Audie: Hey, Daddy. What time is it now?
Peanut: When rabbit comes ….
Daddy: It’s getting late. Almost eight o’clock.
A: Wow! That’s even later than tomorrow night!
D: Yeah–wait. What?
P: White rabbit ….
A: Why did the girl throw her clock out the window?
D: I think because she–
A: Because she wanted to see time fly! Ha! Hey, Daddy ….
P: White rabbit late!
D: For a very important date?
A: Daddy, is tomorrow’s yesterday … yesterday’s … tomorrow?
D: Um …. I think … so. Yes! Had to think about it, but it sounds right.
P: When rabbit comes! Unbirthday ….
A: Why did the girl throw her bed out the window?
D: I don’t know. Why?
A: Because she wanted to see bed fly!