Once upon a time, before the rabbits, we bought two Syrian hamsters for the children.
My mom asked what we would do if one of the hamsters died.
The kids were young then, so I said, “I’ll hide the corpse, quickly run to the zoo and buy exactly the same hamster.”
“Good idea,” said Mom, “we’ve always done the same for you!”
Always is! More than once!
My vision of the world fell down...

by Marinalevy