We went to see Ganapati in our society today. After praying, Pranav saw the 'prasadam' kept in front of Ganapati and asked me why it was kept there. Not missing a chance to rub in some gyaan on the importance of eating good food, I told him, "That's for Ganapati to eat. See, he loves eating and that's why he's so strong". He asked me, "How does he eat?" I told him, "He takes food with his trunk and puts it in his mouth". He looked at me suspiciously for a second and asked, "Amma, but isn't that a statue? How can statues eat?"
I was lost for words, and told him some sh*t about how God statues can move and speak and eat food while no one is watching, but normal statues can't. He wasn't convinced one bit, and kept asking his Dad for further clarification. He luckily stuck to my version of the story.
I'm not really happy with the logic I gave, but how else do I explain such things to a 3 year old?
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