"Structure is boring." Trinket shook her head. "If things are the same every day, you don't learn anything new. You don't get to have fun. Feeling secure is boring. Having fun is better."
She held her doll back against her chest. "She doesn't talk. Yet. But I can tell her to do things. Watch."
She set the doll down on the ground. It stood straight by itself, its tiny porcelain feet making tiny splashes in the red water. Trinket gave the doll a command: dance.. The doll started waving its little porcelain arms, moving its body in an awkward little dance.
"I can tell lots of things what to do."
Trinket glanced to the side. There were some rocks here and there. She commanded them: come. The rocks started rolling over the ground, stopping right by her side. Then she commanded them: stack. The rocks rolled up in a little pile then stacked up on top of one another in a tiny tower.
"See? Making things do what I want is fun. It's a good way to play games."
She held her doll back against her chest. "She doesn't talk. Yet. But I can tell her to do things. Watch."
She set the doll down on the ground. It stood straight by itself, its tiny porcelain feet making tiny splashes in the red water. Trinket gave the doll a command: dance.. The doll started waving its little porcelain arms, moving its body in an awkward little dance.
"I can tell lots of things what to do."
Trinket glanced to the side. There were some rocks here and there. She commanded them: come. The rocks started rolling over the ground, stopping right by her side. Then she commanded them: stack. The rocks rolled up in a little pile then stacked up on top of one another in a tiny tower.
"See? Making things do what I want is fun. It's a good way to play games."
