"A big lion?" he seemed unsure. "And also his Papa." His looked away through the window.
"And?" I tried to distract him. "And there was also a dragon. He was small but strong. He could throw water from his mouth." He was adding details to the story, I smiled at the thought.
"Like Squirtle?" I quickly made the connection.
"Who?" He didn't know Pokemon.
"Nothing. You continue with what you saw." I encouraged his lie.
"They fought. Lion was very big. Dragon was small. Dragon lost and baby dragon cried." He sounded sad.
"There was also a baby dragon?" I was excited about this new character.
"Yes, yes. There was a baby dragon which was very small." He stopped telling the story.
"So that's it? That's all you saw?" I wanted to listen more of it.
"Yes." He said and smiled at me.
"But I don't understand, this baby dragon you talk about, was it the same size as Papa dragon?" I desperately wanted him to continue.
"Yes, about same. Baby dragon was growing fast you know, but it hadn't learnt to throw water from his mouth just yet." I tried my best not to correct him. I was only seconds away from bringing up fire when he continued.
"So this dragon dies and baby dragon cries. And Elephant attacks the baby dragon with its truck." His hands made a truck like symbol and he swept away everything from the table beside him. I made a face but didn't bother to rearrange the objects lying on the floor.
"There is an elephant?" At this point, I was genuinely interested.
"Of course." he rolled his eyes.
"The elephant attacked the baby dragon but Papa lion saved him because baby dragon was friends with baby lion." He was still looking outside the window. It looked like, he was trying really hard to remember.
"That was really sweet of him, hai? The Papa lion?" I asked him with smile.
"What?" he asked again.
"Nothing, so that's that right? A dragon, baby dragon, a lion, baby lion and elephant? Dragon dies and what about elephant? What happens to him?" He took few seconds before he spoke.
"He dies. Dragon and lion killed him together." He said it, simply.
"But wasn't dragon dead already?" He realized he had made a mistake but I liked how he didn't want to correct it.
"You haven't been listening properly." He sounded upset. "Only elephant dies. Dragons don't die." He rolled his eyes.
"Okay." I dare not ask anymore questions. However, I made the final confirmation. "That's all you saw in the cave?" He thought for a while.
"Yes.... Dijju, can I turn on the TV?" He was already running toward the living room.
"Sure, what do you want to watch?" I smiled picking up remote from the floor.
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