Friday, February 24, 2012

"Mummy, the car can drive by itself!"

Whenever I drive Lynn alone (without WK), she sits in the front passenger seat. Last weekend, we were approaching a traffic light that just turned red. There is no car in front of us, but I stopped the car about 2 meters from the traffic light. I took my hands off the steering wheel, and then lifted my foot off the break slightly, so the car rolled forward a bit. Then Lynn exclaimed "Mummy, the car can drive by itself". I stepped on the break to stop the roll forward, and look at her with a wicked smile on my face. I realized that she didn't know that we control the car with both hands and feet, and she thought that the car is controlled by managing the steering wheels with hands only. I was in a playful mood, so I told her "Really? You must say "Car, drive!", then the car will drive by itself!" She was still a bit stunned, but then she recovered slightly, decided to give it a try, and so said "Car, drive!". After she said that, I quietly and slowly lifted my leg off the break again, and so the car rolled forward again. She was very excited and said "See, the car drove by itself! I must tell Popo the big news!!"

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