Whilst waiting for daddy to come home after her dinner, we both sat on the sofa and was watching a programme about sea seals on the National Geographic channel. Actually, Renee was playing in the study/play room and I called her out to watch it. When a baby seal was attacked at the neck by a fox, she cried and asked frustratedly : "why? why no mommy seal?!" - meaning why there's no mommy seal there to protect the baby seal... Actually, the mommy seal had gone into the sea for her feed to build up her milk supply and had to leave her pulps behind by 'no choice'. She was very disturbed by the attack scene and I quickly hugged her tight and tried to explain to her the situation as best as I could.
Geez, I had not expected such strong reaction from her and I must admit I was stunned but I had to recover fast so as to comfort her. I had contemplated switching channel but I thought it might be good for her to 'know'...so I did not. Then, a short while later, the scene whereby humans came to attack the smaller pulps(the 10mths old ones) and beat them to death for their newly grown fur. She reacted very aggitatedly again and scolded "bad uncles, bad uncles!". I switched channel...
When daddy was on his way home, I told him about it over the phone and he too, was surprised by her reaction...
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