Boy: Today nobody at school listened to me and I REALLY needed to tell them something!
Mum: What did you need to tell them?
Boy: I can’t remember, but NOBODY would listen!
Mum: Well, it’s a hot day and sometimes people get a bit grumpy on hot days and might not want to listen as much.
Boy: But I listened to THEM!
Mum: Sometimes you’ll just have days when you feel like nobody’s listened, unfortunately it’s part of life. I have that sometimes – some days I feel like nobody’s listened to me at work. What do you think I should do then?
Boy: [Thinks for a while]… You should get them to stop thinking about the hot sun by doing something exciting.
Mum: What might that be?
Boy: You could ask them if they wanted something to eat. Or to drink.
Mum: Sounds like a good plan – they’d have to listen if their mouth was full!
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