Babess is very fond of “what if” questions. So is Fainjin, for that matter. They keep me on my toes with wildly imaginative scenarios and suggestions. But I was caught short (or half-asleep) this morning when I handed Babess her breakfast.
“Mum!” she started, eyes wide with speculation. “What if this croissant was magic?”
I really couldn’t answer. What sort of magic powers might accrue to a croissant? I need to give her The Magic Pudding to read, perhaps.
I just looked at her helplessly. “I don’t know. What if it were magic?” Perhaps she had some idea of what to expect.
She raised her eyebrows dramatically, then took a large bite. Nothing unusual happened. She shrugged, and gave her verdict: “Not magic.”
Whew. A mundane breakfast is more predictable and restful, anyway. Much more suitable for a Sunday morning.
© UpsideBackwards 2013.
UpsideBackwards 
October 21, 2013 at 3:33 am |
I kind of wish it had been magic.
October 21, 2013 at 3:39 am |
Chocolate croissants are magic. Sometimes the regular ones too, i you use really good butter.
October 21, 2013 at 3:40 am |
Great, now I’m craving croissants!
October 22, 2013 at 10:18 am |
Hmmm, actually… chocolate *almond* croissants – pains au chocolat royals – are pretty close to magical… 😀 but I don’t think that’s what Babess had in mind. Perhaps she expected us all to sprout fairy wings or something when she bit into it?
October 22, 2013 at 7:16 pm |
…or perhaps it *was* magic, and you weren’t meant to eat it…. Perhaps you had to rub it three times and whistle the Marseillaise, and then a ghostly figure of Napoleon would appear and….