Mollen rushes in from outside into the bathroom... We hear water running... Minutes later, she emerges, proudly displaying something in the palm of her hand.

"Mom!! Look what I found on the side of the road!!!! Its an earplug!!!"

We look at the object... It is, in fact, and earplug. A used, dirty, 'found on the side of the road' earplug.

Me, Mom and Sloan: EEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO THROW THAT IN THE GARBAGE!!!!! AND WASH YOUR HANDS WITH LOTS OF SOAP!!!!!

Mollen goes back into the bathroom, and when she comes out this time, her face is downcast...
"It was my best friend..."