Today at lunch Clara poked at her salad, clearly deep in thought. I put down my fork and waited for her to form whatever thought she was working on.
“Dad, do you know what I would like to do? Like, the top of my bucket list?”
“What’s that?”
“I want to cut open a honey comb.” She sighed. “It just looks so good when you see it in videos… I wish I was doing it right now actually.”
She reached in the air in front of her and motioned like she was scooping honey from a jar and stuffing it into her mouth.
“Alright, Pooh Bear. What else is on your Bucket list.”
She went back to eating her salad. “Two things. One, I want to own a small business. And two, I want to teach a rabbit to do tricks.”
“A rabbit?”
“Yes.”
“To do tricks?”
“Correct.”
“But tricks are for kids?”
“What?”
“Nevermind. So, that seems like a reasonable list, I guess. Honey, Rabbit tricks, Owning a small business. Is that all?”
“Is that not enough? I’m only ten you know,” she stabbed at a cube of cheese and missed five times.
“You’re right. Let’s start small… ish.”
Tricks are for kids – nice one! But, if she’s only 10, why does she have a bucket list?
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