You have to be very precise with young children, it seems. When I was a wee lad, my mother gave me a set of Craylola markers and told me not to draw on the floor or the walls. Naturally, I figured out a way to draw on the ceiling -- eight parallel lines, one of each color.
I had something vaguely similar happen with my rather-less-clever dog Kate. First, I trained her not to chase the cats inside. Next, I trained her not to chase the cats outside. Then one day she saw the cat in the garage. She looked at me expectantly, hoping that perhaps she could chase the cats in the garage. I told her "NO" -- and she looked rather surprised and crestfallen. Only then did she give up all hope of chasing the cats, I think.
You have to be very precise with young children, it seems. When I was a wee lad, my mother gave me a set of Craylola markers and told me not to draw on the floor or the walls. Naturally, I figured out a way to draw on the ceiling -- eight parallel lines, one of each color.
ReplyDeleteConcrete-bound mentality in action, I guess.
Kids are darn clever loophole-finders.
ReplyDeleteI had something vaguely similar happen with my rather-less-clever dog Kate. First, I trained her not to chase the cats inside. Next, I trained her not to chase the cats outside. Then one day she saw the cat in the garage. She looked at me expectantly, hoping that perhaps she could chase the cats in the garage. I told her "NO" -- and she looked rather surprised and crestfallen. Only then did she give up all hope of chasing the cats, I think.