Interchange between Katie and me after asking her about the two new hermit crabs she bought yesterday:
D: did you name your hermit crabs?
K: yeah, they're names are Julie and Crystal
D: are they both girls?
K: how should i know?
D: maybe they told you!
K: Dad, hermit crabs can't talk
D: maybe you just don't speak hermit crab.
K: Daaad. They don't talk.
D: did you know that bees can talk by dancing?
K: Yes. I saw that in a MIss Frizzle book.
D: well, maybe crabs can talk by dancing too...
K (dismissive and walking away): Yeah, right. There are crabs taking dancing lessons and maybe ballet too...
D: ....
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