| It was a little girl's first day of school and her mother was both excited and saddened to see her daughter begin this rite of passage. She sent her daughter off with a kiss good-bye and a promise of freshly baked cookies when she got home. Later that afternoon, the daughter comes running through the door excited to see her mom. The mother greets her and sits her down for some milk and cookies - a beginning of a ritual that will follow them for many days to come. The mother says, "So tell me sweetheart, what did you learn today?" "Well," says the little girl. "I learned where babies come from." "You did," exclaims the mother with some concern. "What did your teacher tell you?" "Well, first this thing in the dad called sperm meets up with this egg that's inside the mom and that becomes an embryo. The embryo travels up through the mom's ovaries and implants on her uterus. Then the embryo becomes a fetus. The fetus grows in her womb for nine months and then she gives birth to a fully developed baby." "Wow!" the mother says. "Honey, I'm impressed that you learned that so well." "Yeah, but Mom, I just have one question," the little girl says innocently. "How does the sperm and the egg get together? Does the mom eat the dad's sperm?" "Oh, no, honey," explains the mom. "That's only when you want a new dress or jewellery." |