"I'm Glad I'm Human"

Lyra said to me the other day. "But sometimes it's a good thing and a bad thing."

"Oh, what's bad about it?" I asked.

"Vomiting. I hate vomiting," she said.

"And what's good about it?"

"Having friends. Playing with your friends," she said.

"Anything else that is good?"

"Having pals and friends at school. That's what's good."

"Is there anything else that is bad about being human?" I wondered.

"No. Just vomiting. It's disgusting."