Children's Play Fight

I am at a street corner in a residential area. It’s like the end of a crescent as there is a big open ground at the end. My friend, Vanessa, and I are standing there chatting. Her son, Piggy (nick name) is playing with his cousin. (FYI – Vanessa was my friend when I lived in Shenzhen)

Piggy is about eight years old by the looks of it. His cousin is about two years older than him, and is slightly bigger than him. They are practising martial art fight, in a very casual way.

Both Piggy and his cousin have shoulder-length hair. Piggy’s hair is straight and black while his cousin’s hair obviously has been treated as it’s very wavy and brownish.

Vanessa and I carry on with our conversation while watching the children having their play fights. Their fights soom come to an end and I am surprised to find that Piggy has actually won as he is a smaller than his cousin! I must have expressed my surprise to Vanessa.

Vanessa appears very casual about it, not surprised at all by the result. She explains to me that kids don’t know the fact that physical size and age can be an advantage or otherwise. They are just being themselves. Piggy won only because he was staunch, not because of his technique or anything. She further tells me that kids have not yet developed the concept of fear, therefore they are not threatened by the bluff of another kid even the other kid is bigger and older. She says that only adults use measures such as size, weight, or age in fights. That’s why we are often defeated before the fight even starts. We lose so many battles in our minds!

I am amazed that Vanessa has turned into such a philosophical woman. Must be motherhood that did it, I think.