Walking up Attila ut alongside the Vermezo park with Maia and Ivan, we are approaching a big gun sign on a shop window. "Pavel, why is this gun there?", Maia asks. "Because they sell guns in this shop", I say. "But why do they sell guns, Pavel?", Maia keeps asking. "Because people want to buy them", I reply, hoping to have closed the subject. But no:
"What do people need guns for, Pavel?", the next question arrives. Not an easy one.
"Well, to shoot at animals, and at each other sometimes", I have to admit.
"But why would they want to kill each other?", my daughter still cannot understand. Neither can I. And have no better answer than:
"Because they are stupid."
I think she understands this one well.