Thursday, May 29, 2008

The kid kind of octopus salad

Cassie: Sperm whales love eating squid!
Bonnie: Me too! Yum!
Cassie: [laughs] No! Squid spray ink. You can't eat them. And octopuses. They spray ink too.
Bonnie: Some people eat squid. If you fry them, they're called calamari.
Nicole: Yep. Yesterday I was at a fish store and they were selling octopus to eat.
Cassie: Mommy?
Nicole: Yes, Cass?
Cassie: After school can you take me to a store to buy some octopus so I can eat it?
Nicole: Hmm. I don't think I can take you today. Maybe some time this weekend. The supermarket has an octopus salad you could try.
Cassie: Okay. But Mom?
Nicole: Yes, Cass?
Cassie: Is it spicy?
Nicole: I'm not sure.
Cassie: Because I don't like things that are very spicy. I like things a little spicy, but if it's very spicy, for grownups, we can go to another store where they have a kid kind that is not spicy and I can try that, okay Mom?
Nicole: OK.
Cassie: Because sometimes if something is very spicy, there's a kid kind that's not spicy, and that's the kind of octopus I want to eat.
Nicole: Okey dokey. Can we put on your socks now?

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