I explain to my girls that cirrus clouds can be like curls
or horses' flyaway tails,
that stratus clouds are made like a sheet, a foggy veil,
that cumulus clouds arrange like fluffy cotton balls.
Then I notice two faces not at all in thrall.
They look at each other and back again,
they look like their mother hasn't answered them
at all.
I get another chance to clarify:
"Which clouds are the ones where unicorns fly?"
(My girls(ages 5 years and nearly 4 years)asked me about clouds yesterday. I misunderstood and answered about clouds when they were actually asking about things they've seen on My Little Pony or read in fairy tales.)
