ORDER (October 17, 2000)

Today is Maya’s birthday. I called her early this morning. “Dadeeee,” she shouted happily, “today I am five!” “How come you are not six?” I asked. She thought this was really funny and burst out laughing. “Because you cannot be six before you are five!” she explained patiently. Then she added: “One, two, three, four, five, six—see!” There is order to things.