The Torah, as explained in the Hagaddah, gives examples of four children. Each asks a question in his own way, and receives an appropriate answer.
However, the Mishnah in Pesachim 116a teaches:
They pour him the second cup, and here the child asks (and if the child doesn't know how, his father teaches him): Why is this night different from all other nights? For on all other nights...
This clearly indicates that the child must ask these questions. This is also brought down in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 473:7.
Why don't we follow the procedure indicated in the Hagaddah, where a child asks a question he thinks of? Why do we require each child to ask the same four specific questions?
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