When I was planting last weekend, in an attempt to divert my children’s attention, I gave them a couple of earthworms.  It is very, very wet where I was planting so there were plenty to choose from.  I’m all for torturing poor defenseless insects in the spirit of giving me two minutes of working time.

Kai: This is the daddy worm.  Anya has the mommy worm.

Anya: Mommy worm?

Kai: Yeah, I have the daddy worm and you have the mommy worm.

Anya: Okay.

Kai: Hey, where’s my worm?

Anya: I dunno.

Alas, the worms were fraught with distress and tunneled into the nether regions of the earth to escape getting poked.  Didn’t they know I had work to do??  Geesh.