food/ant for thought

i've been teaching a summer school art class with wren. the kids are rad...there is a particular tiny 7-year-old girl named jenna who is adorably sensitive and eloquent. on monday i was telling a few of the kids that i ate an ant when i was little because i was trying to copy mowgli from the jungle book, and that it was spicy...

jenna: i ate an ant once!

me: yeah?

jenna: they are kind of spicy.

me: i know!

jenna: why?

me: i don't know, maybe--

jenna: cuz God made em that way?

me: yeah.

jenna: (nods) probably.