Eli was once a dog in another life

Eli: What happens when you die?

Mama: What do you mean?

Eli: What happens to your body?  Where do you go?

Mama:  Well, different people believe different things.  Some people believe your body stays on earth but your soul goes to heaven; some people believe that nothing happens, you just go away; and others believe that you are reincarnated as something else.

Eli:  Reincarnated??

Mama:  It means that you come back as something else.  Like an animal or a tree.

Eli: I was a dog before I was Eli.

Mama:  Really?

Eli:  Yes, I would sit around and bark at other dogs.  I would eat food.  But then, I got sick and died.