Carter rigged up a stick to carry his buckets of water today in the yard. Wanting to acknowledge his innovation without reducing his intrinsic motivation, I commented.
Me: Hey. Cool stick thing to carry your buckets.
Carter: Yeah.
Me: How’d you come up with that?
Carter: It’s what the bloodthirsty meateaters use.
Me: Huh?
Carter: Bloodthirsty, meateater bad guys use [...]