| Ji: |
Why were there bombs in the ocean in Finding Nemo? |
| Me: |
Well, I think they were there from a war. |
| Ji: |
[Disbelievingly] There was a war in Nemo? |
| Me: |
[Very distractedly] No...no...Um, what I mean is... Well, Nemo is set in the real world, right? And there was once a war in that area in the real world. So the bombs are still there in the ocean. |
| Ji: |
But how did they get the bombs to the bottom of the ocean? |
| Me: |
Ji, let me finish this thing that I'm working on and I'll tell you later, okay? |
| Ji: |
[5 minutes later] So, Mum, how did they get the bombs to the bottom of the ocean? |
| Me: |
Uh, maybe the ships dropped them off? |
| Ji: |
Or submarines. |
| Me: |
[Sceptical of the submarine idea but not wanting to explain the physics behind my reasoning] Yeah, could be. |
| Ji: |
But Mum, where was Nemo? |
| Me: |
Australia. |
| Ji: |
[Mockingly sarcastic] Australia! Hmph! So then why didn't Nemo speak Australian? |
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| Ji: |
Mum, I just don't like the night. Because the night gives me nightmares about cemetaries and all the evil stuff that could be in cemetaries. |
| Me: |
Would you be scared going to a cemetary during the day? |
| Ji: |
No, cause the night is the evilest time in the cemetary. Don't you know, Mum! Gimme a clue! Evil people, that's why! Evil people love the dark, hate the day. |
| Me: |
Are all dead people evil? |
| Ji: |
It's not that. Maybe a dead person is turned into an evil person. |
| Me: |
Do you think Gramma Rita could have become evil? |
| Ji: |
I'm talking about the men. Because men are more able to be scary than girls when they die because they're stronger. |
| Me: |
What about witches? |
| Ji: |
Well, Mum, of course they're scary. But you can't be a vampire if you're a girl, can you? I don't think so. |
| *** |
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| Ji: |
[After reading about volcanos and hearing that people in the past sometimes explained natural phenomena by attributing catastrophic events to the Gods] Why would the Gods be angry at people? |
| Phet: |
I don't know, Ji. |
| Ji: |
Why wouldn't they just send fire from hell? |
| Phet: |
I don't know... |
| *** |
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| Ji: |
[After a lecture from me about good behaviour] When you get mad, you are compromising our life. You are sending your signal you want to be treated that way. So if you want your life to be better, you have to stop doing this to me. Even though it's a reason, you still need to accept about doing it. [Ji Hong-26-October-2005] |
