The Things Sugar Says

Today, Sugar and I were sitting 7on the steps of the back deck, waiting for Blueberry to come outside.

Breaking the silence, Sugar says, "Gamma!  A roly-poly.  Step on it!"

"No," I say.  "Roly-polies are neat.  They don't hurt anyone."

Sugar squashes the roly-poly with a triumphant twist of her shoe sole.  "There, Gamma.  I got it."

"Oh, Sugar," I say.  "That wasn't nice."

"Well, sometimes you live.  Sometimes you die.", Sugar matter-of-factly stated.