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  • Plot theory – from a toddler

Plot theory – from a toddler

DebE —  January 16, 2012 — 2 Comments

I was writing some ideas down on a scrap piece of paper while away from the computer. Baby-J picked it up and headed straight for the shredder … I was thinking ‘just my luck if he suddenly figures out how to use it’ …

It was one of those moments where I was thinking to myself “Do I stop him to avert disaster? (OK, hardly a disaster – the ideas weren’t ground-breaking, although they were helping me clarify my thoughts.) Or, will I be just a little bit proud if he actually makes it work?” (there’s no way his fingers would go into it, so all is fine on that front).

And then I got thinking how like a plot-line it was. The child grabs the piece of paper and crawls along the floor with it, heading straight for the shredder. You can see the ending – ideas shredded into thin strips – a disaster! But, then again, just maybe, the child will fail to achieve that end. Will he be thwarted by his inability to properly control the paper as he goes to line it up? He has every other time. But, what about this time? Another stride on hand and knee. The tension builds. What will happen?

Why is this here? No reason, I just really like this short/sweet number.

It went into the shredder bin. Whole. (It’s a cheapy plastic bin with a wee shredder sitting on top, so it missed the working part altogether).

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Deb E was born in New Zealand’s North Island, but her parents corrected that within months, moving south to Dunedin and staying there. Childhood nights were spent falling asleep to cover versions of Cliff Richard and the Shadows and other Rock ’n Roll classics played by her father’s band, and days were spent dancing to 45 LPs. Many of her first writing experiences were copying down song lyrics. She graduated to scientific reports when she studied a nematophagus fungus in the Zoology department of the University of Otago, trading all traces of popularity for usefulness… then traded both for fiction. Mum of one human & four fur-babies.

2 responses to Plot theory – from a toddler

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    Marvin the Martian January 17, 2012 at 4:56 am

    Most mothers would assume that the baby would manage to fit its whole hand into the shredder. Mothers are like that. Not you, though. I’m looking forward to the electrical outlet episode. Or the toaster.

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      DebE January 17, 2012 at 6:12 am

      Now you mention it … I did catch him about to plug my headphones into a wall socket last week. Before taking them off him, I did calculate that the 3.5mm jack would not, in fact, fit in the little slot, but I didn’t think it was worth leaving him to learn that and set about finding something smaller. So, I just calmly told him it wasn’t the thing to do. He hasn’t tried since. Flicking switches, however … gah! My husband thought it would be fun to let the wee man turn off the bathroom light each night at the end of bath time. And that is why, when you’ve got something needs doing, you work on a laptop rather than a desktop …

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