I can understand why you'd think this is a fortune teller.
I happen to know that you're wrong.
But of course, I have inside information.
Benji made this just before we went outside.
He's
been making fortune tellers for a few days ever since he learned how to
fold one. He's proud of having learned to do it, so he has made quite a
few. He doesn't quite understand how one works, he opens and closes it
the same direction each time and hasn't figured out the two-handed
approach that opens it first one way, then the other.
The process
of getting to one's fortune seems arbitrary, one can choose three for
example, and he'll open and close it 10 times. And then lift up the flap
on six. I don't claim to understand it.
Haha, he can't claim understanding, either.
He brought it to me on the playground and said, "Do you know what this is?"
Silly me. I guessed 'fortune teller'.
He
said, "No. It looks like a fortune teller, but," and here he lowered
his voice, "That's just a cover up. A disguise. What this really is,"
and he leaned even closer, lowered his voice a little more, "is an
abomination."
It is so. Hard. Not. To. Laugh.
"How is it
an abomination, Benji?" He opened the four points a bit and said, "This
is its mouth. But it doesn't eat with its mouth. Instead, you put the
food in its butt. It doesn't even have to chew it, then the food goes
backwards and comes out its mouth. It farts a lot and doesn't have any
friends. That's why it's an abomination."
Then he tried to hand it
off to me so he could go play, and I showed him how to fold it into a
square and put it in his pocket, explaining that if all 20 kids gave me
something to hold, I'd have my hands full.
He skipped off to play, abomination in his pocket.
I do not know where he gets his ideas.
::snort:::
That boy has personality! I've never heard of or seen something like called a fortune teller.
ReplyDeleteI made them as a child, too. Been around forever. I wonder if it's a regional thing? I found you a YouTube short, but MUTE your sound before hitting play, it's annoying!!!
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/VYcWxbe8Z44
Also, yes. Personality X 100. He's hilarious and intelligent and I'm so glad I get to spend my afternoons watching what he gets up to. I so love my job.
DeleteAn abomination?! lololololollllooolllolololol I can picture the twinkle in his eye.
ReplyDeleteI nearly lost it at 'it farts a lot and doesn't have any friends'. He's hilarious. And yeah, how many five year olds use words like abomination? As far as I know, just Benji. LOL
DeleteI am currently doing exactly what you did—trying so hard not to laugh out loud. Benji is a creative genius. Most kids are happy just figuring out the folds, but he went ahead and gave it a backstory involving reverse digestion and a lack of friends. That’s next-level! I love that he told you it was an 'abomination' in a whisper.
ReplyDeleteHe's such a smart little guy. One of my youngest, he started school two months after turning 5. He gets frustrated sometimes because of his speech issues and people don't always allow him the time he needs to communicate. He's always worth listening to. I love all of them, but he's something special.
DeleteAbomination. Hahaha.
Kids are funny.
ReplyDeleteEvery single day.
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