“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

It's so strange for a child to meet an adult.

"What school do you go to?"

Boring answer.

"How old are you?"

Boring answer.

"What do you like to do?"

A little more interesting, but still boring.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"

Ah! I love the looks on their faces when I don't say that I want to be a doctor, lawyer, model, singer, things like that.

"I want to be a writer."

"Oh..."

And the conversation is over. They leave because they're surprised at what I said.

And that's why I want to be a writer. So when they see my name on the cover of a bestseller, they'll point out to their friends that they met that little girl when she was in school, talked to her.

They'll laugh at themselves because they walked away all those years ago, and regret it.