From Farm to Table

Lucy has begun making the connection that animals sometimes end up on our dinner table. That a chicken is chicken and hamburger is cow...
Now she is wondering, "Do we really eat turkey?" She wants to know if we can have the turkey from her favorite farm, Oxon Hill. I explain to her that if we eat that turkey, then he will no longer be at the farm for us to visit. She ponders this and then goes on her way.
Her newest question, "Mom, how do the farmers get the turkeys to lay down so we can eat them?" Uhhhh. I think she missed the part where the turkey meets his untimely death for the sake of our dinner. I explain, to the best of my ability and without too much gore and detail.
In truth, Lucy is in many ways a vegetarian. She really does not care for meat at all and we make her take "thank you bites" every night of her hamburger, chicken, etc. The few exceptions? Hot dogs, salami and pepperoni. She loves them. Now it will be a whole new story when she asks "what's in a hot dog?" I'm not sure I will have the heart to tell her. Perhaps the hot dog just lays down and the farmer harvests it, delivering it on a perfect bun, with mustard.