A 4 year old sitting in the subway train near his grandmother. She looks at him and suddenly notices a scratch:
Grandmother: Oh, you have a scratch on your cheek. How did you get that? Boy: Where? Here? I..have a wound! G: That is a scratch. How did you get that (she spoke very calmly and with warmth all the time)? B: I don’t know… G: Did someone scratch you? Did you fight with other children? B: I don’t really know.. G: How can you not know how you got scratched? This happened today… B:… G: Did you do it to yourself? By mistake? B. Yeah, I think I did it by mistake…I think I fought with another boy by mistake…And when he tried to hit me…I was also trying to hit him…aaand, he scratched me with his hand… By mistake! |