Twenty questions

Meredith likes to play an informal game of 20 questions. Usually, she thinks of an animal and we ask yes or no questions until we get it. Sometimes it's difficult because she isn't sure about the answers. For example, apparently tigers hibernate. When asked if her animal was bigger than Elaine, she said she didn't think so. She then said it was bigger than her and even bigger than a horse. It's difficult to narrow down to this size-shifting creature.

I got to think of an animal for Meredith to guess. She narrowed it down to an animal that had a shell, was small, and wasn't a turtle. She asked, "Is it the size of a snail?" "Yes, exactly the size of a snail." After a moment, she correctly guessed it was a snail.

Other times it gets easier. When asked if her animal has four legs, Meredith says yes, but then starts consulting the picture of a crab on the fridge. After counting quietly to herself she allows that it might have six legs. She tells us though that people don't eat these animals because they have pincers. This is despite seeing frozen crabs every time we go to Coastal Seafoods.