“Curiosity killed the cat” . . .
 

the words of my ‘acca’ for any of my not so infrequent questions.  I knew, or thought I knew, there must be a story behind this … no amount of prying questions prised loose that nugget of story out of her … now I wonder, after many decades of time, if she knew a story at all?

Off and on, when I met an erudite person, if this haunting Qn poped up in mind, amidst other debris, never hesitated to pose the problem … and never got a satisfactory answer till today:

Cat, a curious animal, like small children, could get hurt in exploring things … “Go English dot com” gave this to me.

Likewise, there must be many little boys and girls with crowded minds, crowded with unanwered questions … always saying: Oh, my gosh! I thought I knew that … and many an adult shuting them up with: Aw, come on …

A curious child is a wonder … Qn, probe, think, jabber, Qn again and so on throughout waking hours … non-stop. 

An adult was categorically, precisely, concisely and emphtically instructed not to ’shut up’ the questioning child …she did not mind the advice … the healthy curious mind developed an aversion to read … and developed no further … the mother of the child is entirely to be blamed.

Let no child or adult be in this sorry situation ever . . .  thank you.