How old are you again?

Little B, fresh from his birthday celebrations, could not help telling all and sundry that he was now a big boy.

"So you've had a birthday? How old are you?" Someone inevitably asked.

That's when the spiel began. "Three yesterdays ago, I was four. Two yesterdays ago, I was four. Yesterday, I was five. Today, I'm five."

And the person smiled.

But Simone wondered whether these explanations would last all the way until next year's birthday...