Bob: " What is a country?"

Me: "Ummmm. Daddy? Defintion of a country?"

Mr H: "Country or independent state?"

Bob: "Country."

Mr H: "Ummmm. A group of peole living in a certain defined geographical area with their own customs, langauge and currency."

Me: "The Germans don't have their own currency anymore, or the French. They have Euros."

Mr H: "OK (sarcastically) a currency then."

Bob: "Is England a country?"

Me: "Yes."

Bob: "America?"

Me; "yes"

Bob: "Africa?"

Me: "No."

Bob:" Is America bigger than England?"

Me: "Yes, lots."

Bob: "Five times bigger?"

Me: "More"

Bob: "100 times bigger?"

Me: "Don't know exactly"

Bob: "1000 times bigger?"

Me: " Don't know exactly?"

Bob:"Have a guess."

Me: "OK (glance at map, make a crude estimate of size from a not to scale map on the other side of the room), maybe 10 times?"

Mr H: "(guffaws loudly) Much bigger" (didn't notice him proffering an answer though).

Wendy: "Mummy's so silly!"

Bob: "Well?"