On The Political Opinion Of Six Year Olds And How Osama Bin Laden Can't Possibly Be Hiding Behind A Tree.

So we're eating our tea whilst watching a news item about Saddam Hussein and obviously this pings the naughty man = terrorist link in Harry's brain because, mid-mouthful of spaghetti, he asks, "Mummy, have they caught that naughty man who crashed the aeroplanes into the buildings yet?"

"Osama Bin Laden?" I say. "No, not yet."

"Oh." Harry says. And then with a tone of awe in his voice he adds, "He must have a very good hiding place. Not just behind a tree."

"Yes." I say. "I expect he's hiding in a much better place than that."

And he twirls his fork in the spaghetti, looking very thoughtful.

And then after a minute or so of thinking, he says, "Or maybe he is behind a tree and they're just really bad at seeking."