(My 10-year-old cousin is visiting from the west coast. We’ve walked down the road to a little park with a playground, and she finds another kid to play with while I make small talk with a neighbor. My cousin finds a feather.)
Cousin: “Ooh, ooh! I know what this is! It’s a western blue jay!”
Me: “You mean an eastern blue jay.”
Cousin: “WESTERN.”
Me: “You’re in the Southeast now; you’ve got western blue jays at home, and here we have the eastern blue jay.”
Cousin: “NO! There’s only western blue jays, spotted jays, mockingjays…”
Neighbor: “Mockingjays aren’t real.”
Cousin: “I SAW THEM IN THE MOVIES!”
(I looked it up, and none of the birds she talked about are real, but she makes stuff up constantly so I’m not surprised.)
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