The birds and the bees, by angela sansone.
Today I asked my mom, "where do babies come from?
That's when she made that face, the one she makes when I catch her off guard, and she doesn't quite know what to say.
Like the time I asked why Louie the great, my goldfish, was swimming on his back in the tank, she told me Louie the great was sick, and the only way he could get better is if we free him, so we flushed him down the toilet. Then a few days after, I was out in the yard about to play in my kiddie pool, when I noticed something slightly large resting on top of the water. It looked dark, and somewhat hairy, I wasn't sure what it was, so to be extra careful, I put on daddy's garden gloves.
Once I pulled it out, I still wasn't sure …show more content…
Soon our yard was like a swamp, filled with all this yucky stuff, the smell was the worst, mommy asked had I done anything, and I told her I'd tried to save a …show more content…
Mommy just let out a sigh and shrugged, this time ask your father. That's when daddy smiled and hurried out of the room, mom said, "oh thanks hon, I get to answer all the easy questions". Just then daddy came back in the room, he had some things with him, and was whistling a tune. He told mommy, "It's quite alright dear, this is a perfectly natural question, not anything to fear".
He had an old book and said "This is the book papa, and grandma used to explain it to me, but they did such a bad job, for years I was terrified of both birds and bees". "I brought it to remind myself what not to say, instead I'll explain it in the most simple way".
He grabbed an empty little flower pot and then he said, "People are a lot like plants, some plants are even male and female, and when they are old enough they produce a seed, he poured in some dirt and dropped in a few seeds, these represent the baby".
"When a man loves someone like I love mommy, he will want to start a family, her and I might look great together, but two flowers don't look quite as good as many. So he will plant his seeds, and mommy will have to keep it nourished, that's why she eats so much when she was
Today I asked my mom, "where do babies come from?
That's when she made that face, the one she makes when I catch her off guard, and she doesn't quite know what to say.
Like the time I asked why Louie the great, my goldfish, was swimming on his back in the tank, she told me Louie the great was sick, and the only way he could get better is if we free him, so we flushed him down the toilet. Then a few days after, I was out in the yard about to play in my kiddie pool, when I noticed something slightly large resting on top of the water. It looked dark, and somewhat hairy, I wasn't sure what it was, so to be extra careful, I put on daddy's garden gloves.
Once I pulled it out, I still wasn't sure …show more content…
Soon our yard was like a swamp, filled with all this yucky stuff, the smell was the worst, mommy asked had I done anything, and I told her I'd tried to save a …show more content…
Mommy just let out a sigh and shrugged, this time ask your father. That's when daddy smiled and hurried out of the room, mom said, "oh thanks hon, I get to answer all the easy questions". Just then daddy came back in the room, he had some things with him, and was whistling a tune. He told mommy, "It's quite alright dear, this is a perfectly natural question, not anything to fear".
He had an old book and said "This is the book papa, and grandma used to explain it to me, but they did such a bad job, for years I was terrified of both birds and bees". "I brought it to remind myself what not to say, instead I'll explain it in the most simple way".
He grabbed an empty little flower pot and then he said, "People are a lot like plants, some plants are even male and female, and when they are old enough they produce a seed, he poured in some dirt and dropped in a few seeds, these represent the baby".
"When a man loves someone like I love mommy, he will want to start a family, her and I might look great together, but two flowers don't look quite as good as many. So he will plant his seeds, and mommy will have to keep it nourished, that's why she eats so much when she was