
I was walking with a certain 5 year old yesterday, stopping to look at the interesting wildlife that you get in the suburban and urban outskirts, such as leaves, feathers, lots of caterpillars, ants, dandelions and flying porcupines (Previous procupine comments) when she came out with the following gem:
Róisín: Caterpillars shit in your hand, don't
they?
Me: Yes, they do like to sit in your hand if you pick them up, but
do you know where they'd much rather sit?
Róisín (slightly puzzled): No...
Me: They'd much rather sit on a nice, green, juicy leaf - so they'd
have something delicious to eat.
Róisín (with appropriate disdain): No -
caterpillars shit in your hand... Like, they poo and wee!
Well, that's told me then...
posted at: 16:45 | path: /observations | permanent link to this entry
