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The boy called his grandfather out quickly on his comical movements, after asking for an explanation of the word "pretend." Elwood didn't stop careening about, but rather continued to leap and twirl (although it probably looked more like he was just flopping) as he answered. "Pretending is when you act like something you're not," he said between hops, circling back towards Elfie.

"So I'm pretending to fly even though you think it just looks like I'm walking funny. You can pretend however you want -- so you might look different pretending to fly than I do," he explained. Elfie's train of thought led him to ask if there were birds that were unable to fly, and, finding that he was starting to run out of breath, Elwood paused this time when he replied. "Yeah, there are some birds that can't fly -- there are some that live where it's really cold, and they swim instead of fly, and there are other birds that are just so big they can't get up in the air!" he panted.