But bones can't really sing. Only they make you sing from the outside.

Alex: Daddy?
Daddy: Yes, Alex?
Alex: If you didn't have a backbone, you would just fall down.
Daddy: That’s right.
Alex: I learned that on the computer at school, I watched a movie about bones, and they singed. But bones can't really sing. Only they make you sing from the outside.
Daddy: That’s right!
(Pause.)
Alex: And bones can't dance, either.

Daddy: You watched that on the computer?
Alex: Yeah. Sometimes when it's rainy outside, we do fire truck song, and then we watch a movie, but um, the pi -- the teacher gets to pick it. Not the kids.



Alex: Hey Daddy? If you just had one foot with no bones, and the other foot, and you still had the rest of your body, your foot would be squishy.