We got some frozen wild huckleberries at the market today and had some at lunch. I put Iris’s berries on her plate and mine in a bowl. Iris promptly grabbed my spoon and started eating berries out of the bowl.

I said, “Iris, your huckleberries are on your plate. May I have my bowl and spoon back, please?” She picked up one berry with her spoon and made a forlorn face. “Okay, just eat that one and then I’d like my berries back.”

She ate that one while I took a bite of macaroni. When I looked back up, she was spooning up about twelve berries.

“Uh-oh, I guess I had another one,” she said.