Welcome to the Food Chain
Our just-turned-two son sees our cat, Clarence, eating a bird outside.
Son: “Dada! Clarence eat da buhd!”
Me: “That’s right, sometimes cats eat birds.”
Son: “Clarence KILL da buhd!”
Me: “Yep.”
Son: “Clarence KILL and EAT da buhd.”
Me: “Uh-huh, cats eat birds. But what do birds eat?”
Son: “Buhds eat…. buhds eat INSEKS.”
Me: “That’s right! And what do insects eat?”
Son: “Insek eat… inseks eat LEAVES.”
Me: “All right! And what do leaves eat?”
Son: “Leaves eat?”
Me: “Yeah, what do leaves eat?”
Son: “… leaves eat SUNLIGHT!”
Good boy.
Gabriel says:
November 19th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Hah, well transcribed. What a smart little guy.
Karl Fogel says:
November 19th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
“And who eats cats?”
“PEOPLE!”
C. Michael Pilato says:
November 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Great job, Emmett! And from the perspective of a dense forest floor, leaves KILL and EAT da sunlight!
Victoria says:
November 19th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Awww that’s the best; I had no idea a 2-year-old could contain such wisdom. I smile.
Mike Sussman says:
November 26th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Now you just need to teach him that sunlight eats the excess mass of hydrogen nuclei!
Aviv says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
I don’t wanna jinx it, but your son’s really smart!
Keep doing whatever it is you’re doing to him…
Georgette Oden says:
December 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Whoa.
Whoever’s been talkin’ to that boy– they’re smart!