The Curious Incident of a Crow
I was walking up the street today morning and a toddler was walking out of a shop in front of me, along with this grand-mother...he was holding a biscuit in his hand...as he stepped out of the shop, a crow flew close to the boy (much like in "Birds") and snatched the biscuit and...what else...flew away.
The grandmother calmly said to the boy that she had warned him already that something like this would happen (!).
I was reminded of a similar incident that happened to me when I was, say, 2 or 3 years old...but there was no grandmother beside me then.
I am interested in knowing the impact of this incident on the psyche of the toddler. This is probably the first time in his life when he is proved totally powerless...his crying too is probably a habitual repetition of what he does when something that he does not like (losing the biscuit) happens to him...
How will this incident shape up his mind for responding to failures in life ? Because he never got his biscuit back, may be he gained some strength to handle failures ?? I don't know...in the case of my childhood incident, I still remember standing blank, looking at the crow...I don't remember what I did after that...or what I thought after that incident...it just feels very funny now...I kind of feel sympathetic to the toddlers - myself and the one who I saw today morning.
The whole incident is very Tippi Hedren.
The grandmother calmly said to the boy that she had warned him already that something like this would happen (!).
I was reminded of a similar incident that happened to me when I was, say, 2 or 3 years old...but there was no grandmother beside me then.
I am interested in knowing the impact of this incident on the psyche of the toddler. This is probably the first time in his life when he is proved totally powerless...his crying too is probably a habitual repetition of what he does when something that he does not like (losing the biscuit) happens to him...
How will this incident shape up his mind for responding to failures in life ? Because he never got his biscuit back, may be he gained some strength to handle failures ?? I don't know...in the case of my childhood incident, I still remember standing blank, looking at the crow...I don't remember what I did after that...or what I thought after that incident...it just feels very funny now...I kind of feel sympathetic to the toddlers - myself and the one who I saw today morning.
The whole incident is very Tippi Hedren.