As the Upholstery Cleaner began to haul his enormous water vacuum into Ava’s room, Ava grabbed my pants and starting crying, “I don’t want him to hurt my animals. He can’t go in my room. He’ll scare my animals. You can’t hurt my animals!” The sheepish cleaning man whispered that he wouldn’t. Ava looked back up at me and said, “It’s okay; Jesus will protect them.”