Last night, on our way to the bus terminal, Kurt, my six-year old son, asked, “Mama, what does seal mean?”
The heavy traffic was getting the better of me so that the question was a welcome reprieve. I said, “Seal can mean two things. One, it can mean a sea creature that you usually see on pictures balancing a ball on its nose.”
“Like the walrus?” he asked excitedly.
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“Yes, like the walrus!”
He smiled, apparently pleased with himself. “And the other seal?”
“It can also mean sealing an envelope or sealing the lid on a jar or the chocolate container at home.”
He nodded.
“Why do you ask?” I asked, curious.
He pointed to a sticker on the taxi’s window and read, “Do not pay if seal is broken.”
Ha. Ha. Epic fail!
“Well, in that case,” I said to rectify the situation, “seal can mean that particular sticker or some emblem the government uses to signify the sticker is a valid one.”
He nodded again and went back to counting the lamp posts and reading the names of the establishments we were passing by.
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