“We made a table in art class for our dog Slush. The table is recyclable art. ‘Recyclable’ means it has something to do with trash. And Slush isn’t a real dog. He’s a stuffed animal. Mom says we can’t get a real dog because it poops and our apartment is too small. We told her that we could get a puppy, and just not feed it, so that it will stay a baby forever. But she still said ‘no.’”