Outofthe mouthsofbabes

my grAndsOn sam, who has just turned four, was staying with us during the hot weather. his grandma asked if i would go upstairs and bring down her floor-standing electric fan so she could cool off. sam said that he would help me carry it downstairs. we went upstairs and i said: ‘how are we going to do this? shall i take one end and you take the other?’ Cheeky little sam said he had a much better idea — i should carry the fan and he would carry the plug! G. Mercer, Chorley, Lancs.