Rationalizations of a two-year-old

Little A just came up to me:

"Mommy, the bubble gum came out." [of the package]

"Did you take it out, or did it just magically come out?"

"It opened. it came out, and then it closed."

"Did you open it?"

"Yeah, but I closed it."

A few minutes later, big sister N says, "A, stay out of the bubble gum!"

A replies, "Ok, but I'm just looking at it."

N: "Ok, that's alright."

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I think these two will be partners in crime.