stinky worm

We have been playing, Brianna and I, in her little playhouse for the first time in months. Since it is open to the air, a lot of the toys (play kitchen and food) got very dirty, and I noticed some dried up earthworms on the floor. I broke out the Lysol and wipes and cleaned everything as well as could be hoped including the teapot, all the cups, saucers, bowls, etc. Brianna was a dear and even helped with the cleaning. The first day she played with the pretend lawnmower, until she broke it and no longer whirred to satisfaction. Plastic just doesn't do well in the Florida air. Today we were out again, and this time B was cooking for me. For some reason, she wanted to cook using the sand from the sandpit. No problem since the floor was already gritty with pine and oak pollen. What is a little dirty sand added to it? Then she wanted me to open the pint-sized teapot which has a tight fitting lid. I opened it up and found a dried up earthworm in there, too.
and then the smell hit me...
That was the stinkiest, weirdest smell. I mean, really, who would think that a three inch earthworm would produce a stink like that?!? I almost gagged, then went outside to remove the deceased annelid, which was crispy as one would expect, but stuck a little to the inside of the teapot. Then went back into the playhouse and commented that it still smelled bad, and opened all the windows to their fullest. Brianna made several trips to the sand box and filled the teapot with sand, then poured the sand onto a plate, then into the frypan, then back into a bowl and suggested I eat it 'like a cat'. MMMMmmm.
On her last trip in, bless her, she said, "Mom, it still smells like dead worm in here!"