four beetles - two kids

Sarah picked up these beetles at a park yesterday. While we were admiring her find, she said, "One was on top of the other. The smaller one was on top. They must have been playing follow the leader." I didn't explain to her that beetles don't know how to play that game. Instead I agreed with her. "Yes, probably. They were playing follow the leader."

Today, Eric noted a similar situation. He told me that the two beetles he picked up were like magnets. "Look, Mommy, see, they like magnets." I asked him why he thought they were similar. He said, "They hard to pull apart."