Forever. Point out that there is no end to it, ever, and the very young cannot grasp it. "When you get to a very high number, you go back to one, right?" But then, neither do us grown-ups: keep counting, we say -- still more -- again -- and again. Time keeps going -- going on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and ...
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Date: 2018-03-02 04:28 pm (UTC)Forever.
Point
out
that there is
no
end to it, ever,
and the very young cannot grasp it.
"When you
get to a very high
number, you go back
to one, right?"
But then, neither do us grown-ups:
keep counting, we say -- still more -- again --
and again. Time keeps going --
going on, and on, and on, and on,
and on, and ...