Is it really dumbing down the answers?

When we were younger, we all wondered how stuff happens and why it happens a certain way. This story is one such incident between my baby and I. 

A few days ago my daughter wondered: Why does rain stop pouring? Not why does it rain but why does it stop. To explain it better she said, it doesn't stop being sunny till night but it surely stops raining after a while. 

What an amazing question. But how do I explain the water cycle to a 3.5-year-old? 

So I simply said, it's because the water in the rain gets emptied and so the rain stops. She understood that, but my answer did not convince her. In fact, she had more questions that were inexpressible to her anymore. One thing that I have learned with her is, that if I tell her things and relate to stuff that she is already familiar with, it becomes easy for her to understand it. 

Just her exploring the camera

Isn't that true for every one of us? Anything we don't understand is rocket science until we relate it to something we already know. I think that's what is called dumbing it down. But it is actually understanding a complex matter so much that you can easily relate it to your life. 

So coming back to our little conversation, How do I relate the water cycle to her world? After thinking for a while [disclaimer: it's a little gross] rain was pretty close to pee. Hear me out here! This is what I explained to her:

You feel like peeing when your bladder is full (she knows the feeling of a full bladder now), and then when you finish peeing, you know your bladder is empty. When the rain stops, it just means that the clouds are empty, just like your bladder. I could see her face of contentment. I had answered her question and she had understood it. Though my husband had grossed out by now, I was happy that I didn't leave another unanswered question for my daughter. And as for my baby, she doesn't discriminate between being clean and dirty and good and bad, as long as she understands the answer. She is not biased yet. So I took my chances to keep her that way. 

What would your response be?