How to Deal with Questions?

I won't be talking about normal questions which kids ask like "Why do we water trees?", but those questions when kids are in a weird state beacuse of separated parents. My Son, Shivay (5 years old right now), has so many questions where I have to understand how can I answer him in such a way that he doesn't get conflicted views.

It so happened that he was in Bhopal (but then he was staying in Udaipur), and he thought I would come to meet him where he was there for 4 days. I was not allowed to come over there and meet him, reason told was that in the coming week I was about to meet him in Udaipur.

I visited him next week in Udaipur, where the first question he asked me was "Papa, why did you not come to meet me in Bhopal, I was there 3 days ago". Now comes the hardest part of how to answer that question, there are so many ways of handling this situation. My viewpoint is that I don't want to complain to the kid about someone else, give him a reasonably satisfying answer which will settle his curiosity and above that I don't want to give bad memories from my side to the kid for very few days when I meet him in months. 

I responded and said, "Shivay, I didn't know you were in Bhopal, I came to Udaipur and then I came to know you are in Bhopal and would be coming back in 3 days", he started laughing (he was 3.5 years old back then) and thought of it as a funny incidence, which reminded me of Tom and Jerry show which I saw in my childhood where both are running in a circle and Tom isn't able to catch Jerry. Maybe he thought of it in the same way.

Recently, someone gifted him a piggy bank and he collects money on Sundays of every month. While I visited him I deposited 10 Rs. note in his piggy bank. He was happy as I don't think he understood the value of 10 Rs. Note vs 500 Rs. Note. 

Next time when I visited him, he said "Papa, 10 Rs. note is so small and I came to know that you have a lot of money". I could have given him so many answers, but I avoided giving him any answers. 

Though I have thought of an answer and a long-term solution that will help him in the long run.

Answer: Papa is saving money for you in a Bank that is protected by Police, who will make sure no thief can approach and hence, your money will be safe.

Solution: I will give him a Seed bank. He showed a lot of interest in seeds this time, he was happy to collect them as it was spring here. I hope he would love to see vivid varieties of Seeds vs. a few variations of notes in his Piggy Bank. A new hobby can be introduced in this way.

Once Modi ji said "Find opportunity in adversity", I firmly believe in this.