This morning, my daughter took the children to a small animal swap as my granddaughter who is eleven wants to raise golden pheasants. She has numerous animals. When asked by a neighbor what he wanted to raise, Jeffrey who is three replied "dinosaurs"!

-- Ardie from WI (a6203@hotmail.com), April 14, 2001

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Don't kids say the darndest things? You really have to be careful, as they take everything so literally! My 5 year old grandson asked me recently when I was going to have any babies--I very seriously told him I HOPE NEVER! Been there, done that. Then he asked when his other grandma would have some--she's even older than I am. Seemed like a perfectly ligit question to him, I guess! Jan

-- Jan in Co (Janice12@aol.com), April 14, 2001.

This past Friday, my 3 year old son and I were both in the bathtub. He was facing me and looked down between my legs and said "I like yours daddy, you have a big one daddy". Quite shocked at this change in subjects, I just replied "when you grow up, yours will be this big". His reply? "I hope mine is bigger". My wife is still laughing about it! And come to think of it, it's starting to give me a complex! Children sure can say the funniest things.

-- Michael W. Smith in North-West Pennsylvania (KIRKLBB@PENN.COM), April 15, 2001.

My four-year old niece was visiting the farm a few weeks ago, and my mom and I were discussing allergies...namely, all the animals on our farm that mom is allergic to. The list went on & on, (cats, birds, horses, dogs, etc.) Wanting to include Collette, who had been listening politely, I asked her if she was allergic to any animals. She thought for just a moment, and then informed us that she is VERY allergic to bears!

-- Shannon at Grateful Acres Animal Sanctuary (gratacres@aol.com), April 17, 2001.