Colorful Honey.

Kenny, Kyler and I were laughing about a story we heard on the radio.  Meanwhile, Mae sat looking excited and confused.  She was not laughing with the rest of us. 

The story:  Local beekeepers in France were shocked when their honey began turning different shades of greens and blues.  They began tracking their honeybees in an effort to figure out how this could be and they found that the bees were entering an m&m's plant and sucking on the colored sugar, thus producing colored honey.

As we talked over this and how strange, yet hilarious it was, Mae still sat looking excitedly confused.  I finally asked, "Mae, whatcha' thinkin'?"  She looked at me, fiddled with her fingers for a few seconds, then beamed, "I didn't know m&m's grew on PLANTS!!!"  and then much more quietly, "...but how do the m's got on them?!"  She knew it didn't make sense, but she so wanted it to be true.  Her face dropped (and her hopes) when I explained to her that the word 'plant' can also be another word for 'factory.' 

Oh, the wonderment of a child.  If only there truly were m&m plants, the world would be content.  And more colorful.  And probably very diabetic.