Fell in Lava!

Reader's　Digest 9月号の記事 "All in a Day's Work" からの引用です。

5yo: What's Romeo and Juliet?
Me: Well, it's story about two people who fell in love, and...[Two parents, both English professors, one a Shakespearean, give a long. age-inappropriate synopsis]
5yo: Wow.
Me: Yeah, It's sad.
5yo: Yeah, I can't believe they FELL in LAVA!

５歳の子供にとっては "FELL in LOVE!" より "FELL in LAVA!" のが分かり易いに違いありません。でも良く"LAVA" の意味を知っていますね。日本の５歳の子供では溶岩は知らない子が多いでしょう。