Ayub really loves babies. This conversation happened a day after this one. Again in the van.
Ayub: Awww so cute the baby!
Me: Yes, he’s very cute.
Ayub: The baby is a…
Me: Oh I know this one! A human. The baby is a human.
Ayub: Yes. Baby is a human.
Me: A cute little baby human boy.
Ayub: No Mama. It’s not a boy. It’s a baby.
Me: He is a baby boy.
Ayub: No-O-o-o… not a boy. Baby is a baby. Later baby become boy or girl. Baby is baby.
Me: Woah… is that how the world works for you?
Ayub: First it’s baby baby. Ayub is a boy not a baby. Later Ayub become a man. Like Ayah. Ayah is a man. But Ayah was a boy then become a man. Mama is a woh-man. Before Mama was a girl. But Ayub not a girl. Ayub is a boy. And the baby is a baby. Later baby become boy and man or baby become girl and woh-man.
Me: Sooooo… Baby is not a boy?
Ayub: No. Not boy.
Me: And baby is not a girl?
Ayub: No. Baby is baby.
Me: Hmmm… ok.
