The daughter of a friend from my college days was in her first year at primary school. Her teacher asked the large class of five-year olds, "What is the biggest thing in the world?"
"My daddy," said one small girl.
"An elephant," answered a young boy who had recently been to the zoo.
"A mountain," replied another.
My friend's young child said, "My eye is the biggest thing in the world."
The class went quiet as they all tried to understand the little girl's answer. "What do you mean?" asked her teacher, equally perplexed.
"Well," began the miniature philosopher, "My eye can see her daddy, and it can see an elephant. It can also see a mountain and many other things as well. Since all this can fit into my eye, my eye must be the biggest thing in the world!"
— Ajahn Brahm, Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?