A friend's four year old...

His aunt 'Martha' died in the fall, and his mother tried to explain to him what had happened and also took him to the funeral, where he witnessed the coffin being placed in the ground.

Over the winter, he had nothing to say on the subject and was his happy little self. In the spring, at his daycare, the theme came up, of course, of spring-like things, such as seed growing up out of the ground, beans were plated, etc.

So on their way to church one sunny morning, he casually chirped up "So when is Aunt Martha going to grow up out of the earth, now it's Spring?"

Needless to say, some further explanation was in order!