Grendel brought home a dead mouse. This is the second one we buried together; the first was over the Summer with Chloe, Brit, Quinn, Jenny, and Michael.

Elliot had lots of questions, each of which were asked many different times throughout the day. Why did the mouse die? Why did Grendel kill the mouse? Why are we burying him? What will happen to him in the ground? I answered each honestly and fully.

And the culprit watched as we bury her prey…