The joke goes something like this:

A three-year-old boy sits near a pregnant woman.

Boy: “Why do you look so fat?”

Pregnant Woman: “I have a baby inside me.”

Boy: “Is it a good baby?”

Pregnant Woman: “Yes, it is a very good baby.”

Boy: “Then why did you eat it?!”

The Unfiltered Truth of Childhood

Children see the world in a wonderfully straightforward way. Their minds are unburdened by the layers of nuance that come with age, meaning that everything they hear or see is processed literally. In the above story, the little boy’s question—“Why do you look so fat?”—comes from a place of pure observation. He notices a difference and simply asks about it