Riley's take on cavities

I'm always discovering interesting things when I ask Riley what he learned in school.

Like yesterday, when he came home and informed me he had the dental hygiene lecture. (You remember the one, right? A person who may or may not be a dentist comes to your school, possibly dressed as a giant tooth, and teaches you all about brushing and cavities and etc.).

Well, apparantly, things have changed since I had the lecture. This was Riley's take on it.

Me: So....you learned about teeth, huh? What did they tell you?

Riley: They said cavities grow in there and you gotta brush em' weeely good to keep those cavities away.

Me: Yep, that's right.

Riley: And then my teacher told me a story about her yittle girl who never, ever brushed her teeth and then they fell out. And then the yittle girl died from all the cavities.

Me: Wait, what? No, that's not right. You don't die from cavities.

Riley: My teacher told me so.

Try as I might to convince Riley that he surely must have misunderstood his teacher (unless she is attempting the scare em' straight tactic?), he could not be convinced.

The plus side of this? Right now, Riley is the best little tooth brusher in the world.