"Sweet daddy long legs! Moses killed you and now you're dead! It makes me so sad!" - Joshua, talking to a smushed daddy long legs.
"Here you go, fuzzy caterpillar, have a nice snack! Bye bye!" -Caleb, after picking a clover and setting it in front of a caterpillar he found on the sidewalk.
Earlier this week, Joshua found a cricket in Mimi and Papa's house and whacked a shoe at it until it was dead. When I explained to him that crickets are basically harmless "good guys", Joshua became very remorseful. "Oh dear, I killed the cricket! I need to find another cricket!" he insisted, as if he could redeem himself by finding another cricket and sparing its life. While he grieved, mourned, and frantically tried to find another cricket, I tried to reassure him that it was ok because there are plenty of other crickets in the world. Joshua was unable to find solace until a couple days later when he found another cricket and graciously spared it an appointment with the underside of his shoe. Sweet Joshua.
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