the dark side

At breakfast this morning the conversation turned to Halloween costumes. Lauren announced, "I want to be a bat. A scary, scary bat. You can make my whole face black and make tiny ears." She pointed her index fingers on either side of her head. 

As I imagined this hideous costume, and wondered how to talk her out of it, I saw her face light up. "Or," she said, " I could be a bunny!"

"Oh, you would be a very cute bunny," I said, relieved. 

"I would be a bunny who wouldn't go in her cage," she whispered, "because I would be evil." She narrowed her eyes in my direction, "An evil bunny."