Monday, October 02, 2006
The Egg
Hi,
This chicken egg, our favourite food.
When Lokthow was ready to go to school his parents sent him to live with Chincheh in the city. The two cousins got on fine and they had a good time together. But the next morning at breakfast they got into a heated argument. The maid quickly went and informed grandpa Lee. Grandpa Lee came to the kitchen, and there was quiet. Peering over his spectacles at the two boys he asked, "Is there a problem ?"
Chincheh, pointing to Lokthow, said, "He said that the eggs are laid by chickens, but I saw them coming out of a factory."
Lokthow, standing up straight, said, "I know that the eggs come from chickens, but he argues that they are made in a factory."
Grandpa Lee was amused; sitting down he said, "You are both right because of what you saw." But he wanted to see the rationale of their argument, "Can you both elaborate ?"
Lokthow said, "I help my mother feed the chickens and collect the eggs. Most times the chicken cluck and cluck after laying an egg. Sometimes the egg is still wet after it is laid."
Chincheh said, "All my kindergarten mates and I saw the factory. There are two moving belts, one carry the powder into the big building and the other carry the eggs out. We saw the eggs put into the trays after they came out."
Grandpa Lee smiled, chuckled and said, "You both live at different places and saw things differently. The chicken farm and the factory, they both house the chickens; one is run by people the other is run by machines; inside both it is the chickens laying the eggs.
Both boys looked at Grandpa Lee, "Wow, you know all this !"
Grandpa Lee smiled and said, "Knowledge comes with age and learning, boys; this is why you are going to school."
Have a nice day,
Ronald
This chicken egg, our favourite food.
When Lokthow was ready to go to school his parents sent him to live with Chincheh in the city. The two cousins got on fine and they had a good time together. But the next morning at breakfast they got into a heated argument. The maid quickly went and informed grandpa Lee. Grandpa Lee came to the kitchen, and there was quiet. Peering over his spectacles at the two boys he asked, "Is there a problem ?"
Chincheh, pointing to Lokthow, said, "He said that the eggs are laid by chickens, but I saw them coming out of a factory."
Lokthow, standing up straight, said, "I know that the eggs come from chickens, but he argues that they are made in a factory."
Grandpa Lee was amused; sitting down he said, "You are both right because of what you saw." But he wanted to see the rationale of their argument, "Can you both elaborate ?"
Lokthow said, "I help my mother feed the chickens and collect the eggs. Most times the chicken cluck and cluck after laying an egg. Sometimes the egg is still wet after it is laid."
Chincheh said, "All my kindergarten mates and I saw the factory. There are two moving belts, one carry the powder into the big building and the other carry the eggs out. We saw the eggs put into the trays after they came out."
Grandpa Lee smiled, chuckled and said, "You both live at different places and saw things differently. The chicken farm and the factory, they both house the chickens; one is run by people the other is run by machines; inside both it is the chickens laying the eggs.
Both boys looked at Grandpa Lee, "Wow, you know all this !"
Grandpa Lee smiled and said, "Knowledge comes with age and learning, boys; this is why you are going to school."
Have a nice day,
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 6:34 PM 
