coconuts and college

Buddy's class at school has been learning about bugs, plants and Earth Day type things. They are hatching (growing?) caterpillars that should be butterflies in a few weeks, so I asked him about the caterpillars one afternoon.

Me: "What are your caterpillars at school doing?"

Buddy: "First they eat a lot and then they grow in their coconuts."

Me: stifling my laughter..."oh. Are they in their cocoons now?"

Buddy: pausing...I'm pretty sure he muttered "cocoons" realizing he'd misspoken. "No, they're still eating."

Me: "What do they eat?"

Buddy: "Brown stuff."

Me: "What is the brown stuff?"

Buddy: "Food. Brown stuff. Made out of concrete." (he pronounces this cron-creek)

Me: "Where do the caterpillars live?"

Buddy: "They live at college."

Me: "Then they become cocoons?"

Buddy: "Yes, and then they make butterflies."

Me: "Where do they go once they become butterflies?"

Buddy: "They go to college."

Then I played along with this whole college thing and asked what they do at college. He told me that they swim and play games. Sounds good to me. I asked him if they study. He said no. Sounds about right.