I only said, "When in the evening the round full moon 
gets entangled among the branches of that Kadam tree, 
couldn't somebody catch it?"

But dâdâ [elder brother] laughed at me and said,
"Baby, you are the silliest child I have ever known.  
The moon is ever so far from us, how could anybody catch it?"

I said, "Dâdâ how foolish you are!  
When mother looks out of her window and smiles down at us playing,
would you call her far away?"

Still said, "You are a stupid child!  But, baby, 
where could you find a net big enough to catch the moon with?"

I said, "Surely you could catch it with your hands."

But dâdâ laughed and said, 
"You are the silliest child I have known.
If it came nearer, you would see how big the moon is."

I said, "Dâdâ, what nonsense they teach at your school!
When mother bends her face down to kiss us does her face look very big?"

But still dâdâ says, "You are a stupid child."