In that situation I would have gone with a straight “yes”, nor would I feel myself to have lied. I’d consider it a case of choosing to speak figuratively rather than literally.
I don’t think that what you did say was misleading or that the child would have, in essence, misunderstood it. In fact, under the circumstances I think it was a very well-expressed, even a beautiful, answer.
In that situation I would have gone with a straight “yes”, nor would I feel myself to have lied. I’d consider it a case of choosing to speak figuratively rather than literally.
I don’t think that what you did say was misleading or that the child would have, in essence, misunderstood it. In fact, under the circumstances I think it was a very well-expressed, even a beautiful, answer.