I'm sure they tried.
On the way home from our usual friday night festivities, Bobbin pointed out the blinking red lights on the skyscrapers in the city as we passed by on the freeway and asked "Why those red lights are going on and off and on and off?"
I explained it was so that airplanes could see them and would know there were tall buildings so they would fly high above them.
Bobbin: Why airplanes need to fly high above the buildings?
Me: So that they don't crash into the buildings.
Bobbin: Why they don't want to crash into the buildings?
Me: Well because a lot of people would get hurt if the airplane crashed into the building.
Bobbin: Why a lot of people would get hurt?
Me: Because there are a lot of people on the airplane, and there are a lot of people in the building, so if the airplane crashed into the building, all of the people on the airplane and all of the people in the building would get very hurt very badly.
Bobbin: and then the fire trucks would come?
Me: Yes, then the fire trucks would come.
Bobbin: Why there would be a fire?
Me: Because that's what happens when airplanes crash into buildings.
Bobbin: And the fire fighters would help all the people?
Me: Well, sometimes the fire fighters and fire trucks wouldn't be able to help all the people, even though they'd try very hard to.
Bobbin: Why they cannot help all the people?
Me: Because when an airplane crashes into a building it's sometimes way high up in the building and the fire truck ladders cannot reach that high.
Bobbin: But the mommies can help the people.
Me: The Mommies?
Bobbin: The mommies on the airplane. The mommies would help and save all the people.
The last statement was uttered with such pure faith and conviction that I couldn't help but get a tear in my eye.
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