Lunch Conversation with Alban

A: Mom, what do you think I will be when I grow up because I don’t really know.

M: Well, what do you like to do?

A: Eat snacks.

M: Maybe you will become a Chef.

A: What is that?

M: Someone who is a really, really good cook and works in restaurants …

A: No. I wouldn’t want that because then I wouldn’t get anything to eat.

M: What do you mean?

A: Well they have to give the people all the food and then they don’t get any for them.

M: What are other things you like to do?

A: I think I would like to go up into space.

M: Maybe you could become a Mechanical Engineer and go up in the space shuttle and be responsible for the ship and keeping it running right.

A: Yeah. Well we are in space right now.

M: True. So do you want to go into outer space or stay here on earth?

A: I want to go far up into space. I could be an astronaut. I think I would like to float around. We don’t do that here on Earth.

M: No we don’t. Do you remember why we don’t float around on Earth?

A: Gravity. That is why we don’t float around and there is no gravity in space, well space that is not Earth. We need gravity to breathe.

M: Well … not really, but that is an interesting thought.

A: Hey look! (holding up Matzo) This looks like a war ship with holes in it! It would sink if it was a war ship and it had that many holes in it.

M: Yes it does look like a war ship. Good eating.

A: It sure is a nice day outside today. There is a jet plane! Look! I wish I could go on a jet plane.

M: You have been on a jet plane before. Many times.

A: Not one like that.

M: Yes, I bet you have. You were on one for trips to Maui and Seattle and North Carolina …

A: Well not one that small.

M: Yes. I bet that we were a smaller jet for a short trip to Detroit or a layover in Minneapolis.

A: Not one that small. Look at it!

M: Ohhhh …. well I think it looks that small because it is so high in the sky and it looks small to us but it is really quite big.

A: How many bugs to you think there are on Earth?