When you were young, were you told of bogeyman stories or the monster-in-the-closet or don't-look-under-your-bed stories? In Asia, there are more. There are also moe-moe or kuai or pontianak or toyol or hantu-galah. But well, all these can be summed in a word. Ghost! As you grew older, you probably knew by now that these are not true and were created to scare young children.
The stories probably sounded like this :
1. 'You'd better stay here. Look it's dark there and you might bump into moe moe !' (told to refrain children from running about on their own)
2. 'Yau kuai ahh !' (there's ghost over there and told for the same reason as 1)
3. 'You don't eat that now .. Later that pontianak is coming to get you.' (told to children so that they will eat.)
4. 'Better sleep early. Else, kuai will come out soon' (told so that they will sleep early)
And when you have believed the existence of bogeyman, you became really terrified. And, you hear contradicting version of the stories :
1. 'Aiyoh .. scared what? Go and get the cup for me in the kitchen !'
2. 'What kuai? Choyy!'
Hahah ... that's why I was kind of determined not to scare Ivan with bogeyman stories. Lately, he's becoming rather rebellious and doesn't take 'no' for an answer. So, we created something else.
The Ant Story.
How does it work?
Ivan refused to come out of bath. And mummy says,'Ivan ! Look, there are ants ! Quick ! Let's get out and get dressed !'. And it works all the time. *wink*
Ivan refused to clean his face. And daddy says,'Ant will bite you later'. And it works too.. *lalalalaaa*
Ivan wants to walk in the garden without shoes. And you could probably guessed by now how the ant story is going to be like. :) It works like magic.
Ivan eats biscuits without using a bowl. The Ant Story.
Ivan refused to wash his hands. The Ant Story
And the list goes on ... The Ant Story will be told again and again as though ants have been invading our home. Compared to bogeyman story, this is better, I suppose. I'm just worried that comes one fine day, Ivan is going to pick an ant to eat. Then, he will probably be saying, 'No, mummy. I just ate an ant and I'm not afraid anymore!'
So, what's your trick to fool your kids? Or what was used on you when you were little?
The stories probably sounded like this :
1. 'You'd better stay here. Look it's dark there and you might bump into moe moe !' (told to refrain children from running about on their own)
2. 'Yau kuai ahh !' (there's ghost over there and told for the same reason as 1)
3. 'You don't eat that now .. Later that pontianak is coming to get you.' (told to children so that they will eat.)
4. 'Better sleep early. Else, kuai will come out soon' (told so that they will sleep early)
And when you have believed the existence of bogeyman, you became really terrified. And, you hear contradicting version of the stories :
1. 'Aiyoh .. scared what? Go and get the cup for me in the kitchen !'
2. 'What kuai? Choyy!'
Hahah ... that's why I was kind of determined not to scare Ivan with bogeyman stories. Lately, he's becoming rather rebellious and doesn't take 'no' for an answer. So, we created something else.
The Ant Story.
How does it work?
Ivan refused to come out of bath. And mummy says,'Ivan ! Look, there are ants ! Quick ! Let's get out and get dressed !'. And it works all the time. *wink*
Ivan refused to clean his face. And daddy says,'Ant will bite you later'. And it works too.. *lalalalaaa*
Ivan wants to walk in the garden without shoes. And you could probably guessed by now how the ant story is going to be like. :) It works like magic.
Ivan eats biscuits without using a bowl. The Ant Story.
Ivan refused to wash his hands. The Ant Story
And the list goes on ... The Ant Story will be told again and again as though ants have been invading our home. Compared to bogeyman story, this is better, I suppose. I'm just worried that comes one fine day, Ivan is going to pick an ant to eat. Then, he will probably be saying, 'No, mummy. I just ate an ant and I'm not afraid anymore!'
So, what's your trick to fool your kids? Or what was used on you when you were little?
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