"Mama," my eight-year-old son said this morning. "There's a frozen Junebug on our porch."
"Hmmm," I said. "That's nice. What's he doing there?"
"Well, he was crawling around inside, and I didn't want to share my food with him. So I put him outside."
"I see. You do realize it is 23 degrees outside?"
Bubba nodded. "Yep."
"Bugs can't live outside when it's that cold. You killed him."
"Yeah, Mama. I know. When I put him outside, he took a few steps and turned around. He took a few more steps and then he froze."
Poor bug. He probably just wanted to get back into the nice warm house. Next time my boy should share his food!
Published on January 14, 2013 10:24