gingerbread man
D picked up the book, Gingerbread Man from the library. I hesitate a bit as she was always left a little sad that he gets eaten. She had also refused to eat the gingerbread house made at school. The three times we have read it after bringing it home, she smiles and says with so much relief and happiness, "Fox can eat him because gingerbread man is a food!"
Last year we had gotten a book (she randomly picked it at the library) that showed about the circle of life, how the fish is eaten by another animal and then the frog eats a bug, the snake eats the frog and the fox eats the snake. It upset her so much. She insisted all of them eat grass. These days she seems to be more accepting of animals eating other animals but she somehow things those non-animals. sigh. Last month I had mentioned that some people eat cows and they call it beef. She looked so puzzled. She tried to tell me that beef is different not these cows (in the book we were reading).
Her empathy shows for others when it's food related! Otherwise she has no qualms!
Last year we had gotten a book (she randomly picked it at the library) that showed about the circle of life, how the fish is eaten by another animal and then the frog eats a bug, the snake eats the frog and the fox eats the snake. It upset her so much. She insisted all of them eat grass. These days she seems to be more accepting of animals eating other animals but she somehow things those non-animals. sigh. Last month I had mentioned that some people eat cows and they call it beef. She looked so puzzled. She tried to tell me that beef is different not these cows (in the book we were reading).
Her empathy shows for others when it's food related! Otherwise she has no qualms!