Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Conversation With a 9-Year-Old: Morbidness Edition

[over the telephone]

Me: So, how'd the field trip go?

J: Good! I got a little pumpkin. It's a cute little pumpkin.

Me: Oh, good.

J: I don't want to carve it, but everyone says I have to.

Me: You really don't have to carve it if you don't want to.

J: I want to keep it, and take care of it. And then when it starts to rot, and get soft, I want to put it in a box, and close the lid. Like a little grave.

Me: You want to bury it in the garden?

J: Yes. And then when we move we can dig it up and take it with us to our new house, and bury it there.

Me: We'll see.

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