my Newton moment

pAdukA - yen ball mela pottA vizhardhu? (Why does the ball come down when I throw it up?)

[ammA (thinking) "wow! Do I have a Newton at home?"]

ammA gets excited about pAdukA's thoughtful question and gives a simple explanation for gravity.

A few days later, when pAdukA is playing and throwing her ball up..

ammA - pAdukA, yen ball kizha vardhu? (Why does the ball come down?)
pAdukA keeps saying "appaDithaan", and tries to convince ammA that it works like this and there is nothing much to it. ammA keeps pushing to see if she remembers any explanation that she got earlier.

pAdukA gets really frustrated and says "melaye irundhA onnAla ball-a edukka mudiyAdhu illaya? adhunAlla dhaan kizha vardhu" (if the ball stays up you cannot get it thats why it comes down)

"ammA, it's fun to be goofy than a genius :)"