Child's Play

In my room on a Sunday evening, a conversation between 2 girls were overheard:

Hannah: Insyirah... let's play robot.

Insyirah: (Preoccupied with doing her stuffs... not really responding to Hannah's invitation).

Hannah then takes an empty medium sized basket meant for filling folded, newly washed clothes and puts it over Insyirah's head.

Insyirah now looks like a medium sized lampshade, and walks about in slow, mechanical footsteps, a fair imitation of a robot. She advertently walks out of the room in this state. Hannah then closes the door, leaving Insyirah outside.

A soft knock was then heard on the door from outside, the tapping of the small knuckles of a little girl was unmistakeable.

Hannah: (Opens the door to find Insyirah with the basket now off her head, looking rather discontently at her). Insyirah, you're a robot! (Saying it disapprovingly and grabbing the basket and putting it on top of Insyirah's head again).

Insyirah once again walks about in robot-like manner, and walks outside. Hannah once again closes the door behind her.

This time Insyirah could be heard babbling from outside already, once again knocking on the door. Hannah opened the door, to find Insyirah now with a pouted look on her face, the basket once again removed.

Hannah attempted to put the basket on Insyirah's head again, but this time was met with disapproval by the feisty smaller girl. She started babbling in her own baby language, but a few distinct words could be made out such as "I'm tired...walking... outside". Her hands were placed on her waist in a show of disapproval, and she was following Hannah all over the room voicing her discontent for being made to play the robot on her own outside while Hannah stayed in the room.

After close to 5 minutes of lecturing, Hannah finally responded:

Hannah: Ok! Ok! Alright! Alright!

There was later a cacophany of their voices try to talk above the other, one stil unhappy at what she was made to do, and the other in defense saying that she gets the point by now and was (probably) sorry for her actions. This was when I interrupted the two of them and played the peacekeeper once again.

It is just absorbing to see the two of them play together. One moment they are in harmony and approving, the next moment they are shouting at each other, even involved in a mini scuffle at times. Insyirah sometimes forget that she's the smaller of the two, and stands up to Hannah like she's her equal. All the same, they would forget their dispute almost instantly it started and play together again.

*Sigh*... kids. I just adore them.