As Kids See It

Last year, we decided that our kids needed a pet, and we chose a guinea pig. Clayton was in charge of naming our pet, and he quickly decided on "Oinky". Now we soon discovered that we are in fact not rodent people and the guinea pig became a royal pain ... He proceded to eat all of the lettuce and veggies that a person could throw in the cage. This winter became rather long, and one night Oinky mysteriously ran away. No one seemed to notice for quite some time and when they did were not bothered by this at all. Just the other day while driving home from school, Clayton wondered if a raccoon had gobbled up Oinky yet. I said "pardon me" and he repeated his thought. I said "I'm not too sure why?" He proceeded to explain that it was just a matter of time before Oinky would be gobbled up and he was just wondering if it had happened yet.