the start of a fantastic conversation between her and her mother.
Numerous attempts to provide a satisfactory answer were not deemed
satisfactory by Anna; it's worth repeating in full.
Anna: 'Mummy, what's the world?' Mum: 'It's were we all live.'
Anna: 'No - that's our house.' Mum: 'We live in our house, but everyone, all the people, live in the world.'
Anna: 'But they have houses like us!' Mum: 'Well everyone's house is in the world; we all live on the earth.'
Anna: 'Some people live on a boat, not earth.' Mum: 'Yes and some people live in sandy places or on mountains or in snowy places, but all those places are in the world.'
Anna: 'Can we see the world?' Mum: 'Well, it's all around us - the sky, our garden, the seaside, fields, hills; that's the entire world.'
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