The Dragon Butt

Me: “So, what did you do in your camp today?”
Troy: “We made crafts.”
Me: “Oh, cool. What kind of crafts?”
Troy: “It was clay.”
Me: “I see, and what did you make out of clay?”
Troy: “I made a dragon, but…”
Me: “You made a dragon butt? That’s odd. Why didn’t you make the whole dragon? Why just the butt?”
Troy [exasperated]: “No! I didn’t make a dragon butt!”
Me: “Well, that’s what you said.”
Troy: “No, it’s not!”
Me: “Okay, fine. You didn’t make a dragon butt. So, you made a dragon without a butt? How did his tail stay on?”
Troy: “Oh my gosh! The dragon had a butt and a tail!”
Me: “I’m confused.”
Troy: “I said, ‘I made a dragon, but…’ not a dragon butt.”
Me: “That sounds exactly the same to me.”
Troy: “I wasn’t finished. It wasn’t ‘butt’ like your bottom. It was ‘but’ like when you’re putting two thoughts together.”
Me: “Oh, I see. like a conjunction?”
Troy: “Yes, like a conjunction.”
Me: “So, if a dragon butt was one thought, then what was the other one?”
Troy: “An earthworm.”
Me: “Ah, gotcha. So, you made a dragon butt and an earthworm.”
Troy: “NO! I made a dragon, but I also made an earthworm.”
Me: “Did the earthworm have a butt?”
Troy: “We’re done here!””