Ever notice how little kids have the ability to make you laugh, even when they aren't trying to be funny?
Khalli and I went for a walk on the Iron Horse Trail tonight, a distance that was lengthy enough for us to quickly run out of things to say about the usual topics of school, movies, books, and the presence of unlabeled genetically modified organisms in the US food supply--well, maybe not that last one, but you get the idea. So Khalli suggested that we entertain ourselves with a game of 20 questions. The following is pretty much verbatim of how her last turn went...
K: Okay, it's an animal. Kind of between a horse and a giraffe. And it starts with an "O."
M: Does it live in the United States?
K: Well, I think it lives in the rainforest, so if we have those here, then yes. It's exotic.
M: Hmm, we don't. Not tropical ones anyway...so, it has hooves?
K: What? Oh, whooves? Yes.
M: Uhhh. It eats plants?
K: I think so..and it cleans itself by licking its own eyeball!
M: Ew! Uhmmm...I really have no idea! I give up!
K: Well, I don't remember what it's called. But it starts with an "O" and it's exotic. And it licks its eyeballs!
What?! You can't just leave me hanging like that!
So I suggested that we look it up on the computer after our walk. She agreed, but Google wasn't very helpful. Although, it may have had something to do with my search engine skillz...I typed "exotic animal licks eyeball o" into the box and the first result I got was for a leopard gecko, which is so NOT similar to a horse OR a giraffe. And it doesn't start with an "O."
I will have to be sure that she remembers to ask her teacher about it because I simply cannot go through life without knowing what kind of rainforest/jungle animal licks its own eyeballs. Although, it's more than likely she'll come home afterwards and tell me that it's actually some carnivorous marine animal that starts with a "b" and has stripes.
