Sunday Walk
Sonnet takes Eitan to a swimming gala and Madeleine and I head for Richmond Park.
Madeleine: "I don't know."
Me: "Probably to keep out the dinosaurs."
Madeleine: "There are no such thing as dinosaurs, Dad. They died a long time ago. Accept for eagles. Eagles are dinosaurs."
Me: "Yeah?"
Madeleine: "Once I saw an eagle on some one's arm and the eagle ripped his arm off."
Me:
Madeleine: "Blood and guts and veins."
Me:
Madeleine: "We've walked four-point-five miles."
Me: "What does the point-five mean?"
Madeleine: "Mean?"
Me: "Like what distance?"
Madeleine: "How should I know?"
Me: "Well, does the point-five equal a fraction?"
Madeleine:
Me: "like one over two, for instance?"
Madeleine: "Or 25 over ten?"
Me: "Okay. So what does one-over-two equal?"
Madeleine: "A quarter? Three fourths ?"
Me: "How about one-half?"
Madeleine: "Sounds good, Dad."
Me: "So how far have we walked if we have walked four-point-five miles?"
Madeleine: "Can we talk about lizards or something?"
