Do not eat the wild animals.

HB and I had a pack of those pills that turn into sponge animals that grow in water (I know, a sponge getting bigger in water? oh em gee!). They weren't that interesting on their own, so..

HB: "If there's a pattern, and we find a monkey...will you eat it?" S: "Maybe..--it's a wildebeest!" HB: "Good thing we didn't eat it, then."

Later, our mother caught us planning to eat one of the pills (why? to see what would happen, of course). She was not in favor of science that day.

Kiki: "If you girls eat those sponge animals, I will conclude that you are not mature enough to go to college and keep you both home."
S: "We should hide them and eat them later."
HB: "Good plan."

We hid them in The Joy of Cooking, thinking that we were being very clever. Little did we know that Kiki would choose that night to actually cook.

And thus our cunning plan was foiled.