M: “Okay, it’s
time to stop playing with your gummy worm and eat him.”
e (horrified): “
But I can’t…”
M: “Mommy would
like you to finish your dessert, please eat your worm.”
e: (bursts into
tears)
M: “That’s
quite enough of that…”
e (sobbing): “But
I can’t eat him! He’s too cute! He’s just too cuuuuute!”
M: (attempting
to her stifle rising laughter) “He’s very cute, yes, but he is also food, and
we can’t keep him as a pet or a friend, he’s sticky food that was made to be
eaten.”
e: (buries face
in hands sobbing)
M (laughing): “Eva…”
e (through
sobs): “He’s just tooooo cuuuute and I want to keep him.”
M: “Eva, please
regain your self control and listen… how about we take a picture of him for you
to save forever.”
e (sniffling): “Okay.
But I will still miss him.”
She had me print her this photo so she could 'make sure this picture was never lost.' Great.