Bear Attacks

We are nearly to Ashfield.

Me: “Grandma and grandpa won’t be there; it’s just going to be us, alone in the woods. You and Phineas will have to keep us safe from bear attacks”
Ezra: “Nope. I’m going to be asleep.”
Me: “OK, then I guess Phineas will have to protect us from bears by himself.”
Ezra: “No; he’ll be asleep too.”
Me: “What are we going to do about bears then?”
Ezra: “Bears don’t come when there are people there.”