In Honor of Eclipse, Premiering This Week

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I have found that love for Edward Cullen crosses all boundaries of age, race, ethnicity, and political affiliation. In honor of Eclipse coming out this week, I offer to you this story from my friend Kim, who is mother to three-year-old Anya and one-year-old Charlie, who does not feature in this story but is nonetheless quite the cutester.

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While I was out of town this weekend, Matt took the kids to Burger King. Burger King is giving out plastic locket-type rings within which are holographic stickers of Edward Cullen. Anya got one. This led to a rather long and involved discussion between Matt and Anya regarding who Edward is (a vampire), whether he is a good guy or a bad guy (pretty good), and what he likes to eat (animal blood). While relieved that Edward does not eat "people blood," Anya was concerned that he eats animal blood since "the animals need their blood." Matt tried to explain that Edward and his family also need the blood, and after all, we eat animals too. After considering this, Anya announced, "Edward is sparkly and I love him."

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