Sad—Cow(s) Deceased

On the way home from school, Olivia spotted a cattle truck heading toward the highway. Below is an excerpt of the conversation that she had with Beni about the fate of those cows.

O: "How many cows are there on that truck?"

B: "About 100."

O: "So that’ll make about 10,000 hamburgers, right?"

[Olivia starts to cry thinking about this.]

O: "Do they ever grind up people and then people eat them?"

B: "No, you’re not allowed to do that. That’s a law."

O: "Well, has it ever happened?"

B: "It might have happened a long time ago."

O: "Like when Abraham Lincoln was alive in the 1800s?"