“‘Harry looked down at his empty gold plate. He had only just realized how hungry he was.'”“Why was he eating dinner?”
“Because it was dinnertime.”
“Why was he eating dinner at school?”
“Because Hogwart’s is the kind of school where the children live there. They have rooms they live in, and they eat meals there and go to class there.”
“But where are the mommies and daddies?”
“Back home.”
“Why?”
“Because the school is just for the children.”
“I don’t want to go to a school like that.”
“You don’t have to, sweetie. Right now you live at home while you go to First School, and you’ll live at home when you start kindergarten, and you’ll live at home during grade school and middle school and high school. Most schools where the students live there are colleges, and you won’t start college until you’re 18 years old and all grown up.”
“I don’t want to grow up.”
“Everybody grows up, sweetie. And that’s OK. You’ll grow up and you’ll be ready to go to college and you’ll do well there and have a lot of fun. Besides, that’s a long time off.”
“Will you still be my daddy then?”
“Sweetie, I will always be your daddy. No matter how old you get, no matter how old I get, I will always be your daddy and Mommy will always be your mommy and you will always be our little girl.”
“Promise?”
“Sweetie, I promise.”
“OK.”
Blog on the Run: Reloaded