[ SECRET POST #5538 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5538 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

SA

You're welcome.

Little kids can be distressingly literal. Like, one youtuber I was watching was going on about how his 5 year old kid won't eat Shepherd's pie. Why? His bestie is a big german shepherd. And you know, you can tell him six ways from sunday it's beef or pork mince "pie" like chicken pot pie and beef pot pie... but oh no, he's going to hug his dog and NOT eat the Shepherd's pie. So, yeah I see books like this and am all "yeah, uh, maybe an allegory is not the right thing at this time."

[(Anonymous)]

I think your youtuber probably has the right of it. Like, don't pretend shepherd's pie doesn't exist, and if it's on the menu discuss it with the kiddo and make sure they've been told that it's not made of puppies and it's actually something they can eat. But also, don't force them to eat it if they can't wrap their mind around this weird grownup thing that's being pushed on them.

[erinptah]

See, even as an adult, I think "fish is vain about his pretty scales" makes the most sense as an allegory for "child is vain about an inherent trait of theirs that other kids admire, but are also jealous of."

Anything else, you have to start contorting the metaphor. And/or pretend that the Really Obvious Metaphor is a thing kids somehow don't experience, so they won't naturally go for that interpretation first.