I bought a children's toy, but the instructions were in Chinese...can you figure out what it is supposed to be?
But as the years go on, they seem to get more and more intricate, and without an instruction manual it can be difficult to discern what exactly your child is playing with.
That's the problem a parent on Reddit ran into before uploading a photo to the site's 'What is this thing' thread.
FlakyPhilosophy5103 posted the picture in hopes of getting to the bottom of a toy box mystery that had been bothering them for months.
Along with a picture of two colorful children's toys, the poster wrote: 'Is anyone able to help me know what these things are supposed to be please? It has been bugging me for months.
'The kit was in Chinese so I am none the wiser.'
They described the small plastic items as a 'scraper' and a 'round item' which came in a child's doctor kit.
Fortunately, parents flocked to the comment section to help the parent identify exactly which fictitious procedures their child would be performing with the mysterious plastic tools.
At first, there were a couple of well-meaning, but totally off-base guesses.
One user commented: 'Could the blue thing be one of those reflex hammers?'
Another theorized: 'Maybe the blue thing is a strange tongue depressor? Like, with a funky angle to get the large handle out of the line of sight, from before disposables?'
A third said: 'The pink thing looks like the eye test where the doc switches out lenses.'
One person even though the pink round object and blue plastic toy could be a dental X-ray machine and tooth guard.
But the overwhelming consensus took the right answer in a different direction.
Comparing the items to play doctor's kits online and toys of their own, as always, Reddit commenters were able to get to the bottom of it.
'I think the blue thing is supposed to be a scalpel,' said one answer.
The commenters confirmed that the pink toy was supposed to be a doctor's light
'It's a surgery light and a scalpel, we have the same kit,' said another.
People uploaded photos of similar kits which labeled the items as a scalpel and a spotlight, confirming their theories.
The original asker posted a response, confirming that the solution had been found: 'Solved! Thanks all. It seems scalpel and surgery light is the answer. Maybe I can listen properly next time she is playing rather than wondering!'
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