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Henri, coming inside the house this morning after trying to watch a skid loader work on a home east of ours: "Mama, I need some sunglasses."

Me, walking toward him: "I'm sorry, Bud, but we don't have any that fit you."

Henri, stepping outside to look at the skid loader & quite dramatically surrounding his eyes with both of his hands to show me how the sun is shining right into them: "I need some sunglasses!"

Me: "I'm sorry, Buddy. I just don't have any for you."

Henri thinking for a moment: "Can you turn off the sun?"

Me, quickly without thinking: "No, without the sun, it would get really cold & dark like in the winter. Then we would all freeze to death."

Henri: "Just like Adam & Eve died?"

Me, with a hesitant giggle: "Um, yes."

Satisfied, Henri skipped back outside.