21 September 2009
"Shhhh"
I went to Place of Hope today and had an awesome conversation with a five-year-old. I was outside in the playground and she popped her head up from the tall fence and sat down in a tree just behind it, watching everyone play. She had been playing with us earlier but had had to go home. She called me over and started talking so I climbed up on top of the monkey bars across the tall fence from her tree so we could be on the same level. And we talked for 45 minutes. She asked me "how was today" and I said it was good and that I had fun playing with her. I asked how was today for her and she said it was lekker playing. She told me about her school, and her friends at school, and their names, and what she learns, and asked me what I learn at school. We wrote our names to each other in the air with our fingers, and then we went through the numbers, her copying mine when she wasn't sure how to shape it. Then the wind started blowing and she said it was taking away all the things that we wrote. She asked if I was cold and said she was cold, and asked how many jackets I thought she could wear, then counted on her fingers the amount of jackets she thought might be good. She asked me where the wind came from and I said I didn't know. She said it came from the sky and I said that's right and then she changed her mind and said it came from Shaitan! She said the bad strong winds are from Shaitan, who lives down there (pointing down) and we're tramping on Shaitan when we walk. Then she said that the "shhhh" (which I assume to mean good calming winds) are from Allah, and that Allah can see everything but he doesn't have eyes and he doesn't have a face. And that he lives in the sky, he is the sky, and he is everywhere. And that he doesn't have hands and he doesn't have arms like we do, or legs or feet or shoes. And then her cat (she calls him Kitty or Cat and looked at me like I was insane when I asked what his name was...) walked under the tree and she said that she was going to go now. So we said bye and she hopped down to pick up her kitty. It was great. :)
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