P=Parent
C=Child
C: (putting plastic sea creatures in containers in the bath) Do you think if the beetle is under water it's dead?
P: I don't know, maybe.
C: Beetles can't live under water if they're under water for a long time.
P: It's probably dead, then.
C: Not if it's a water beetle!
P: Oh?
C: Water beetles can live under water!
P: I didn't know that.
C: It's true! Actually, I just made up a water beetle. But I decided my toy beetles are in the bath so they can be a water beetle.
(Tip: matter-of-fact second graders learning all sorts of animal facts might be making some of them up some of the time!)
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