Why are you so healthy, Grandpa?

“Thank you for the soup, grandma! It was really good!”
“Yes, thank you very much for making the food. It tastes great.”
“You are all welcome.”

“Grandpa, can I ask you a question?” “Of course you can, Ping.” “Okay. You are really old, but you are so healthy. Why are you so healthy?”

“Hahaha! That is a great question, and I will tell you the answer, but it is a long one.”

“When I was a boy, we played outside all the time. Every day in the summer, we used to go to the lake and jump in.”

“And I ran everywhere. I loved to play with my kite, but there wasn’t much wind, so I had to run fast.”

“I also spent a lot of time with my family. We walked in nature all the time when I was your age.”

“So, Ping, if you want to be strong and healthy like me when you grow up, you have to go play a lot now.”

“But that wasn’t everything. I ate a lot of vegetables when I was your age.”

“My mom was a very good cook, just like your mom, and so I ate all my food.”

“One dish I loved was my mom’s soup. Her soup was delicious! I always finished it.”

“The food was always very healthy because my mom cooked with a lot of mushrooms and bok choi, just like your mom.”

“So, I should eat all my food, just like grandpa, huh Mom?”

“Yes you should. And another thing that made me healthy was, I always cleaned the table after dinner.”

“I think the biggest secret to my health was cleaning the table every night.”

“Wow! I can’t believe grandpa told me his secret to good health! I think I’m going to clean after every meal!”

“Yes, you should. Grandpa is very wise!”