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Elizabeth: Is Amma coming to see me tomorrow? (her grandmother)
Me: Yes
Elizabeth: Sometime, I want her to bring her bird with her.
Me: Well, remember, her bird died.
Elizabeth: Why?
Me: Remember, it got too old, just like everything does, and it died.
Elizabeth: Oh. (long pause) So they want me to be their pet now?

I'm not really sure what that would look like, but there are days that I'm tempted to find out.