A lovely moment on the bus today. When we got on there was an old guy speaking Kantonese (I think). He had no teeth and was hunched over with a walking stick. He looked like he was about 150. He started cooing at Emma, so I positioned her stroller towards him, so they could have a chat. Then he started singing to her, much to her amusement. So what does a "150" year old Asian guy sing to a toddler? Well, he started with Old Macdonald Had a Farm - in English. Emma responded by showing him her miniature dinosaur and telling him all about it (a wise addition to the farm, methinks). Then he moved onto a la-la-lahed version of the melody for "Yes, Jesus Loves You", before singing "London Bridge is Falling Down" and "God Save the Queen". His grand finale was "Oh Canada." Quite the eclectic kids' album.
When he got off the bus, he said goodbye, in Kantonese. Emma responded by saying "We're on the bus. It's the number 19" (which surprised me, I must say, since it WAS the number 19, but I had no idea she knew that) and then said "goodbye" while waving her dinosaur. It was a very sweet encounter.
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