3.Children's Savvy（172）

Sometimes, kids can figure things out real easy, and what they say can leave grown-ups without words.

One hot summer night, me and my five-year-old son were chilling in the backyard, feeling the breeze.

I saw him looking up at the stars, so I thought, "Hey, time for a science lesson."

I told him, "You know, those stars up there? They're not really where they look like they are."

And he goes, "Huh? Why not?"

So, I tell him, "Well, those stars are super far away, and it takes their light a really long time to get to us here on Earth."

"By the time their light gets here," I said, "they've already moved from where they were."

"So, what we see up there is actually what those stars looked like a long, long time ago."

I said, "People here on Earth have to wait a bunch of years just to see where those stars are right now."

And he goes, "Oh, I get it. So, we're just seeing their old footprints."