1
ariel at bear's party: bear is not real
mother: you can't come to bear's party, eat bear's cake, and then say he's not real!

2
ariel recounting to grandmother: i went to bear's party. but bear is not real.
aunt: then was the cake real?
ariel: yes, the cake's real.
me: how can you call flour and eggs real, but say bear isn't?

3
grandmother to ariel who wouldn't take his milk:

you must drink milk to grow tall and strong. bear drinks milk, and he'll grow to eighty years while you're still a baby.

me: bear doesn't drink milk.

ariel: bear cannot grow up. bear is not real.

sarah: bear drinks milk! all bears drink milk! bears are mammals, so they must drink milk! we are also mammals, so we must drink milk! or milo!