You know, I was thinking more about this again trying to puzzle why he didn't try to "tell" me something was wrong. I think I might have figured it out.

Tommy is always trying to pick things up he finds, appropriate or not. When he has something he shouldn't have, we say "Tommy no, drop it." He HATES having to give up what he has. He will slump down and give the saddest eyes you can imagine and slowllllly put it down. As soon as we pick it up, he's over it though and instantly happy again.

He can be really coy and sneaky sometimes when he has something he knows he shouldn't. Most often he takes it back to his bed and lays down with it. That should have given me a clue last night, that he was hanging back there, but usually what he has is visible! I oftentimes can tell when he has something just by the look on his face. It is a kind of mischievous "I don't have anything!" look. A couple of times he has had that "look" and I opened his mouth to find him holding a penny or twist tie. He didn't really have "the look" though last night. He just looked sad.

I'm guessing he didn't "tell" me then because he didn't want his prize taken away, but he was unhappy because it was stuck to his tongue!

Case closed?