R.I.P. Stickbug

We don't know why one of our five classroom stickbugs died last week. It was not a happy morning meeting in the Sun Room.

Question of the Day: What happened to the stickbug?

"It drank too much water?"

"Maybe it was walking under a tree and he bumped his head."

"It didn't die, it's just dead."

"How 'bout we take him to the hospital!"

"What if you put a stitch on him so he won't die again."

"Maybe he died because he was walking across the rug and someone stepped on him."

"But he's in a cage..."

"Maybe a stick bug walked on him."

"There's cars that drive over pigeons or birds."

"I think it fell off the table!"

"Maybe he got into danger and the person who was about to danger him stepped on him and he got dead."

"Maybe one of the bad guys shoot him."

"Maybe if we take it to the doctor... we should call the doctor."

"Maybe it went on the plant and it went into the dark, past the seed deep in the dirt."

"Maybe it went deep deep in the dirt and one of the stick bugs saw the hole where it went in, and covered the hole."

"Which month did it die in?"

"I think it died because it went in the dirt too much, all the way to the bottom."

"...And it couldn't breathe."

"Probably it died because it digged in the dirt."

"Maybe it eat too much leafs."

"Maybe it ate too much lettuce."

"If the stick bug went down deep in the hole, if some dirt covered the hole there would be nothing for the stick bug to eat or drink."

"Maybe if we spray him he won't be dead anymore."