Bud the Teacher

Talk about Melting

June 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

My wife sent me the following exchange via e-mail today, a conversation between herself and Ani, who’s three and not quite a half:

A lunchtime conversation:
Ani:  My ice cream is too cold to eat.
Me:  Well, you can wait and let it warm up, but it will melt.
Ani:  I can eat it when it’s melted.
Me:  Yes, but you might have to drink it through a straw.  Ice cream is like Frosty the Snowman — it melts.
Ani:  Chocolate melts.
Me:  Yes.  What else melts?
Ani:  I don’t know.
Me:  Does ice melt?
Ani:  Yes.
Me:  Do strawberries melt?
Ani:  No.
Me:  Do popsicles melt?
Ani:  Yes.
Me:  Do people melt?
Ani (in that of-course-not-you’re-so-silly tone):  No!  (Then matter-of-factly): They die, though.

Smart kid.  Wise, maybe.  Just saying.

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