and that's the whole story

the little one crouches
and puts a finger to his lips

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

we laugh at his logic
because things get quieter the lower you get

we crouch to close the gap

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

but you should see how fast he picked up on chop sticks!
none of this ask your neighbour social ritual
none of this stubborn focus on hand placement
yeah! what about the whole top part of the stick!?

we are tainted by experience
we make too many assumptions
we don't get the whole story