Ellen: "OOOOH!!!!!"

Me: "No, Ellen. You can't have one. Nothing with a puls--nothing that respirates"

"I thought the rule was 'nothing with a pulse?'"

"It was, but now I have to stop insects."

"Insects??? Eeww... not insects! What's wrong with you??"

"Butterflies"

"That? That? Oh, that's just a science experiment."

Me: *BLINK* *BLINK*

Ellen: "Stop doing that! Only I get to do that!"