在聚會上，Tim見到了一位過去的女同事。寒暄之後，看到她跟前還站着一個可愛的小男孩，Tim彎下身來給這小傢伙打招呼。
“Hello, 你叫什麼名字？” Tim微笑着問道。
小男孩睜着一雙清澈的大眼睛望着Tim，“我叫Eric“！
“你多大了？” Tim 接着又問了一句。“ 快5歲了!” Eric擡頭朝着Tim、伸着張開五指的手禮貌地回答。緊接着，這小男孩又好奇地反問了一句，“你多大了”？
Tim稍微愣了一下，心想很少有孩子這樣來反問大人的。“哦，我55歲了。” Tim顯得有點不好意思。
Eric低頭看了看自己的雙手，覺得55可能是個很大的數。便轉過頭來，帶着一雙充滿疑惑的眼神望着媽媽，說：“人可以有55歲嗎？” 媽媽笑眯眯地點了點頭。
Eric又轉過頭來看着Tim，“那你一定是很老了！” 這弄得Tim有點尷尬。
接着，小男孩舉起張開十指的雙手，對Tim說，“我也有一個朋友， 他很老、很老、很老了，他都快十歲了”！
這小傢伙倒像是在安慰Tim。
English edition:
I also have a very old friend
By That Old Oak
At a family party, Tim met his former female colleague whom he had not seen for a long time. After their greetings Tim saw a cute little boy standing beside his colleague. He bent down to say hello to the little boy.
“Hi what is your name?” Tim asked, the smile warmed from his eyes.
The little boy stared at Tim with a pair of big clear eyes, “My name is Eric!” he answered, aloud.
“How old are you?” Tim continued.
Eric said, “I am 5 years old!” and pushed up his opened hand with five fingers.
And then, “How old are you?” Eric curiously asked Tim back.
Tim was a bit shocked by the little boy’s question which a very few kids would ask adults for.
“Yeah..., I am 55 years old.” Tim seemed a little bit embarrassed to answer.
Eric looked down at his hands, and thought 55 may be a Big number which probably beyonds the numbers he knew. He turned around and looked at his mom with uncertainty, and said to her, ”Can anyone live to be 55 years old?” His mom nodded and smiled at the little boy.
Eric turned back to Tim, looked at his face, and confirmly said “You must be very old!” Tim felt a little bit awkward for such a moment.
At this time, the cute little boy raised his two hands and popped up ten fingers again toward Tim, and told Tim: ”I also have a friend. He is very, very, very old, and he is almost Ten”!
The cute little boy seemed to make Tim feel better.