Elijah Had an Airhead

For Elijah's Birthday-at-School-Treat, we bought Airheads; that's what he wanted.  We bought a lot of them.  76 in the box, I think.  That left us with about 50 to go through, and, happily, we're almost out.

Anyways, a few days ago right after school he asked if he could have an Airhead.  I said yes.  He then asked if he could eat it out in the front yard.  Again I said yes.  He walked out the front door and all was quiet for a few minutes. 

Then he walked in the door and said, "Mom, my Airhead got stolen."
"What?  How?"
He went into a story about how Jason, a kid down the street who is apparently something of a mini-bully, took it from him.  Miciah confirmed Jason's mini-bully status. 
"How did he steal it?" I asked.
"He just took it."
"Out of your hand?"
"Yeah."
I just stared at Elijah, wondering why he let this kid take an Airhead out of his hand.  I mean, Elijah is often a softie, but he doesn't tolerate things like that.  But, whatever.  I guess anyone can momentarily be convinced to do things out of character.

Elijah asked if he could have another Airhead, and I said yes, but that next time he shouldn't let someone take his candy out of his hands.  Elijah nodded.  He walked across the living room to get his piece of candy, and then, as an afterthought, said, "Oh.  I found this quarter on the driveway."

...  I was telling this story to Rob and right here I paused.  Because, if you have kids and/or you're a skeptic, you already know what really happened.  So I waited for Rob to tell me the real end of the story, but he just looked at me wide-eyed as if to say, "Okay, he found a quarter.  What next?"  First off, would I be telling the story if he had really found the quarter?  No.  Cute, cute Rob.  So trusting and pure.  And now back to the story.  ...

I looked at Elijah with that "Yeah, right" expression.  Elijah dropped his head just a little.  I said, "You didn't find that quarter.  You sold your Airhead."  No one said anything.  Not even Miciah, our family commentator.  I continued, "You did, didn't you?"  Elijah nodded. 

This wasn't a super huge deal, really.  He had an Airhead and then he sold it, end of story.  But what cracked me up is what he asked next: 

"Can I still have another Airhead?"