evolution

My five-year old daughter heard mention of evolution in kindergarten this spring. After school she excitedly said, "Mumma, did you know that we used to be monkeys?"

I said "Yes, I did. But that was a long time ago."

She agreed, "Yeah, I don't even remember when I was a monkey." And she seemed quite sad about this.

So I added, "Well, it was a really, really, REALLY long time ago. You couldn't remember."

She thought about that and understood, and added, "So only grandma remembers when she was a monkey."