It was a lovely November morning at the lake. Together with Vivi, my co-teacher and friend, we lead Cocoplum Nature Play, a program of nature exploration and play for young children. This particular morning the children (4 and 5) found a dead animal by "the little beach" we visit almost every time at Lake Ida. "Oh, it stinks!" says a girl. "Yeah, that means it has been here for a while" says another. "Well, good thing I have my mask on and cannot really smell it...", "but you