Warning - Kids Are Not Safe

I have a warning to all of you parents out there. To leave three kids unattended in the backyard with access to the garden shed is not safe. This is the scene that I returned home to this afternoon after work.

The Trench, as it has become known.

The Trench 2. Looks like a giant footprint.

The Trench 3.

Stew.

Kids are not safe - for your backyard at least. The kids aren't likely to get hurt but your backyard may never recover. And to think that they made this firstly as a trap for the rabbit and then for a trench to keep him in. What great imaginations.

Perhaps they want to go to the Olympics. If so, they're off to a good start because they already dug halfway to China.

Insight From The Mouth Of A Seven Year Old

Sitting at the dinner table a couple of nights ago and Yu-Jin piped up with, "Dad, I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Thinking that it was about something that he'd gotten up to at school that day I said, "Give me the bad news first." I've always had a thing for eating the food I didn't like first and finishing with the tastiest.
"The bad news is that people are dying."
Miky and I looked at each other with a bit of disbelief.
"The good news is that the people dying aren't wasting any water or resources."
More disbelief on our faces. Almost total by this stage.

What do we have here? An economist? A realist? A left-wing political activist? I thought that was pretty insightful but still something strange for the brain of a seven year old to come up with. Not that I'm going to discourage his thoughts however. I find some things very interesting.

I blame the school. Obviously somebody has highlighted the water shortage we face globally and started some discussion. Healthy subject to talk about and one well worth being aware of.