(written by Footywife)

Today while sending my little son to school we saw the principal (Mrs Tan) talking to a few other people.  We were waiting for the lift and the principal was talking to the few people just beside the lift.  They were speaking in Mandarin about some timing issue.

When the lift door opened we went in.  As soon as the lift door closed, my little son looked at me conspiringly and said “Mrs Tan was talking about Mrs Chee.”  Mrs Chee, by the way, is my little son’s form teacher.

I was most surprised by what he said.  I didn’t know what the principal was talking about but I was sure she wasn’t talking about Mrs Chee.  Besides she was speaking in Mandarin, a language which my little son struggles with.

“How do you know?” I prodded.

“Because Mrs Tan said chee” he replied.

Oh.  I was most amused by his revelation.  Before I could say anything, the lift door opened and my little son said goodbye and happily went into class.  Imagine if he had gone into class and told his form teacher that the principal was talking about her!  And his form teacher would probably believe him because as we all know, children don’t lie.

Yes, children don’t lie.  But they often misinterpret.