Sunday, April 26, 2009

St Peters fountains

One feature of the modern urban landscape of which I definitely approve is the introduction of water features into public open spaces

Why is it, I wonder, that water is such a sure-fire source of delight for small children?

One sunny lunchtime this week I watched a boy, barely 2 years old, conceive the hypothesis that he could make the water spout on his command if he leaned over & shouted down the hole. The hypothesis did not survive more than 4 or 5 experimental tests, but then the young woman who was minding him came & showed him another one: compare & contrast a wet foot print made on the cream coloured stone with one made on the red-flagged pathway



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