A little 4-year old voice pipes up from the back of the car the other morning on the school run...
B.: Mama, when I grow up I'm going to be rich.
Mama: Sounds good to me. And how are you going to manage that?
B.: I'm going to put all my toys in a hankie and leave home. Can I take Trouble with me? He is my cat after all...
Mama: Yes, you can take Trouble with you [thinks: one less cat in the bed in winter].
B.: Then I'm going to get some elves to make something really good and sell it. Then with the money I can make more and sell it. Then with that money I can make more and everyone will come and buy it, even the king. Then I'll have enough to buy sausages to eat and more things to sell.
Mama: Sounds like a good plan.
B.: And you know what? If any trolls try to stop me I'll just head-butt them over the side of the bridge and into the stream.
Eyeing her very self-satisfied four-year-old in the rear-view mirror, Mama turns over ideas for the Next Big Thing in management trends, and wonders whether "A princess, a cat, some elves and a billy goat: management by fairy-tale in the 21st century" might work on the NY Times bestseller list...
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
Reported conversations No. 26 : When I grow up
A little 4-year old voice pipes up from the back of the car the other morning on the school run...
B.: Mama, when I grow up I'm going to be rich.
Mama: Sounds good to me. And how are you going to manage that?
B.: I'm going to put all my toys in a hankie and leave home. Can I take Trouble with me? He is my cat after all...
Mama: Yes, you can take Trouble with you [thinks: one less cat in the bed in winter].
B.: Then I'm going to get some elves to make something really good and sell it. Then with the money I can make more and sell it. Then with that money I can make more and everyone will come and buy it, even the king. Then I'll have enough to buy sausages to eat and more things to sell.
Mama: Sounds like a good plan.
B.: And you know what? If any trolls try to stop me I'll just head-butt them over the side of the bridge and into the stream.
Eyeing her very self-satisfied four-year-old in the rear-view mirror, Mama turns over ideas for the Next Big Thing in management trends, and wonders whether "A princess, a cat, some elves and a billy goat: management by fairy-tale in the 21st century" might work on the NY Times bestseller list...
B.: Mama, when I grow up I'm going to be rich.
Mama: Sounds good to me. And how are you going to manage that?
B.: I'm going to put all my toys in a hankie and leave home. Can I take Trouble with me? He is my cat after all...
Mama: Yes, you can take Trouble with you [thinks: one less cat in the bed in winter].
B.: Then I'm going to get some elves to make something really good and sell it. Then with the money I can make more and sell it. Then with that money I can make more and everyone will come and buy it, even the king. Then I'll have enough to buy sausages to eat and more things to sell.
Mama: Sounds like a good plan.
B.: And you know what? If any trolls try to stop me I'll just head-butt them over the side of the bridge and into the stream.
Eyeing her very self-satisfied four-year-old in the rear-view mirror, Mama turns over ideas for the Next Big Thing in management trends, and wonders whether "A princess, a cat, some elves and a billy goat: management by fairy-tale in the 21st century" might work on the NY Times bestseller list...
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Anonymous said...
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Hilarious! Love her imagination.
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Sunday, 03 July, 2011
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Karin said...
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Just love how you encourage the dreaming of big adventures!
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Sunday, 03 July, 2011
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Hilarious! Love her imagination.
Just love how you encourage the dreaming of big adventures!
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