Little Persian Kids Are Hilarious

Today I went to a barbeque at the house of some of my mother's friends who happen to be persian. I know them pretty well so it was casual, but they had also invited some of their other persian friends to the party. They were all very nice people and had all brought really delicious food. Just like any other bbq you would attend during the summer months. What made the bbq so great for me was a little kid of about 5 named Pejman. Pejman is one of those little kids who is way too articulate for his age and enjoys speaking way too much. My first encounter with Pejman occured when a little girl came running out of the field behind the house crying her eyes out. Pejman came trudging slowly behind her with a calm look on his face. The field in question is filled with goats (they are PERSIAN after all!) and the kids were chasing them around the field, so really it was only a matter of time before some crying resulted from 5 children chasing around 20 goats. The girl's mother ran up to her and asked her what was wrong. She said "the boy hurt my feelings." Pejman, ever the diplomat, decided to tell his part of the story. "She wanted to go into the goat house. You can't go into the goat house because that is where the lambs live. If the leader sees you around the lambs, he will kick you in the stomach." I would say Pejman pretty much vindicated himself in this situation, since the girl was nowhere near his lingustic capability and just kept saying "he huwt my feewings" in her little kid speech impediment. The mother carried the crying girl off into the house, and I observed Pejman as he calmly walked back into the field and entered the goat house, completely fearless of the leader goat that would supposedly kick him in the stomach for going into the goat house. At that point I realized that it was possible I had just witnessed a 5 year old kid bullshit an adult, and I just laughed my ass off.

As I was leaving I walked up to Pejman and asked him what was up. He said, calmly as ever: "Well, I was chasing goats earlier, and now I'm eating some chocolate cake. I think later I'm gonna go back outside and chase goats." While Pejman posesses the ability to bullshit adults, it seems he thinks his goat chasing skills are still in need of honing. I figure when he gets old enough he'll probably get over the goat chasing, but you never know.