Grub Worms Are Toys

This morning Molly and I were taking our customary pre-work walk and a light rain was falling so it wasn't a big deal. We come back into the apartment and I start getting ready for work. I walk into the living room and there is a circular, muddy spot on the carpet in front of my chair. I start looking at my shoes because it really wasn't that muddy outside and there was none on them. Molly had snuck a grub worm into the apartment and was playing with it. She had smeared mud in two or three different spots on the carpet. I made her spit out the grub worm and I had to clean it up. Molly pleaded her case that I should not be throwing away her pet grub worm, but it was muddy and nasty and I threw it away. I don't even know how she sneaks them into the apartment. She just reaches down and gently picks it up and carries it back up the stairs in her mouth without killing it. She can be soft and gentle when she wants to be.