My daughter has recently discovered the delights of solid food, her favourite being little squares of toast topped with peanut butter. Today I was encouraging her to pick up the food from the plate herself, and on the whole she obliged.
She was quite perplexed, however, when instead of pinching a piece between two fingers, she stuck her index finger out on its own, the square sticking to it through the adhesive power of peanut butter. For a few moments of giddiness on her part, I think she thought she'd overcome gravity, as the square rose and fell with her finger. Maybe she had—who am I to argue?
