By Pingting / May 19, 2026
放学回家的路上，
我好像看到马路边有一条蛇。
但又不太确定。
于是我来了一句：
“我刚刚好像看到蛇了。”
“也可能不是，就是长得像蛇而已。”
结果旁边娃儿立刻接一句：
“应该就是蛇了。”
……
我一听就知道：
此娃故意的。
因为他非常清楚：
我最怕蛇。
于是专门故意说出来吓我。
没过多久，
我又突然看到路边一只被撞到的松鼠。
我忍不住感慨：
“哎，这些司机怎么这么不小心开车呢！”
然后又顺口来一句：
“希望它下次能当个人吧，才能保护自己！”
结果娃儿没吭声。
我以为他没在听。
没想到，
过了一会儿，
又看到一只。
我再次忍不住：
“怎么又看到一只！”
“这些司机到底是怎么回事？”
结果娃儿突然默默来一句：
“他们就是希望它们之后能当人吧。”
……
我当场愣住。
因为，
他的逻辑居然没错。
毕竟刚刚是我自己先说：
“希望松鼠下次能当人。”
于是在人家脑子里，
立刻自动推理成：
“那司机可能是在帮助他们转世成人。”
……
我瞬间被这个逻辑震撼到了。
但震撼归震撼，
我还是立刻补一句：
“那也不能杀生啊！”
结果，
娃儿又安静了。
婷妈的亲子日常 创作于 2026.05.22
原创发布： tingtingma.com
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Tingma’s Parenting Diary | 266. Hopefully They Can Be Human in Their Next Life”
On the way home after school,
I thought I saw a snake by the side of the road.
But I wasn’t completely sure.
So I said:
“I think I just saw a snake.”
“Or maybe not… maybe it just looked like one.”
My son immediately replied:
“It probably was a snake.”
…
The moment he said that,
I knew he was doing it on purpose.
Because he knows very clearly:
I’m terrified of snakes.
So he intentionally said it just to scare me.
Not long after that,
I suddenly saw a squirrel on the roadside that had been hit by a car.
I couldn’t help sighing:
“Ugh, why are these drivers so careless?”
Then I casually added:
“Hopefully it can be a human in its next life. That way it can protect itself!”
My son didn’t say anything.
I thought he wasn’t listening.
But unexpectedly,
a little while later,
we saw another one.
I couldn’t help reacting again:
“How is there another one?!”
“What is wrong with these drivers?”
And then my son quietly said:
“They probably just hope they can become humans afterward.”
…
I froze on the spot.
Because honestly,
his logic wasn’t wrong.
After all,
I was the one who had just said:
“Hopefully the squirrel can become a human in its next life.”
So in his mind,
it immediately turned into:
“Then maybe the drivers are helping them reincarnate into humans.”
…
I was genuinely shocked by this line of logic.
But shocked or not,
I still immediately added:
“But you still can’t kill living things!”
And then,
my son became quiet again.
Tingma’s Parenting Diary
Written on May 22 2026
Originally published at: tingtingma.com
Written for my child, and for the adults who are still growing.
Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited.
Originally written in Chinese by the author.
This English version was translated with the assistance of ChatGPT.