Michael was a typical curious four year old. He had the wide-eyed amazement we all had at seeing something new. He was studying the way a toilet flushes.

“Where does the water go?”

“Down the drain,” I replied.

“…but where does the water go?”

I explained how water travels down the drain through pipes to a treatment works where it’s cleaned before being released into the sea.

“Won’t the sea fill up?”

“No.”

“…then where does the water go?”

I explained the water cycle and how the water is used again and again.

His face screwed up at the thought, “We drink water from the toilet?”

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My aplogies for being absent from the 100WCGU for the last three prompts. 🙂