My one year old tricked me.

Beastie (21 months) had just come in from walking with Daddy, Four and EJ to the bus stop.

"What did you see outside?" I asked her.

She thought a bit. "A bus!" she exclaimed. "A big bus!"

"You saw a bus? Wow!" I answered. "Did you see anything else?"

She shuddered and replied. "A GAKE!"

"A snake? Outside?"

"Momma! Gake! Outdide!" she said, frantically.

"Oh," I said. "I'd better go see this snake."

Then she laughed. "No, Momma. No gake. A WUM!"

"Oh! A worm! That's not so scary."

"Wum nice. Gake gary."

"Yes," I said. "Snakes can be scary. But we like worms, don't we?"

And she runs away. End of conversation.