Origin is one
of the most intriguing subject to mankind that has always has uncertain
answers. While grown people wonder how universe began and how life came to a
start in our planet, our little scientists wonder how babies come into
existence. Here’s how to answer the little fellas when their curious minds,
probing various subjects, finally settle down to this question.
Nice Way:
Little girl
goes near her dad who’s working on his computer.
“Daddy! How
are babies made? Mom says she’s going to give me a baby brother soon.”
Dad is
embarrassed but thinks a little and decides to tell her. Dad lifts her onto his
lap. He does a little google picture search and shows her a picture of amoeba
splitting into two.
“Okay… you
see there? I made this picture just for you. That’s a small living thing called
amoeba. Let’s take them for example.”
“Why don’t
you show me picture of people making babies”
Because I don’t want to go to jail. “Err… sorry honey, we don’t have
picture of people making babies in
our computer“(laughs a little inside)
“Okay” she
says disappointed.
“So, this
amoeba. It eats and grows up like us. When it’s too big to hold its weight, it
starts breaking and splits into two individuals.”
“Okay…” she
says slowly, not able to make the connection with humans.
“That’s all.
You see, when mom is old enough she starts eating a lot. She becomes silly
fat.”
“Yes, her
belly is as big as grandpa’s!” She exclaims, finally getting it.
“Uh… yes. That
extra weight becomes a baby slowly inside her. When the baby is big, mom will
have difficulty holding the extra weight. Then one day the belly will fall off
her and the baby will be separate. That’s how you were born.” Dad finishes
congratulating himself for pulling off the story perfectly.
“Ooh!”
little girl makes the face of an adult who just understood the theory of
relativity.
She tries to
recall the concept “Hmm… We grow up. We eat lot. We get big belly. Belly
becomes baby. So if big belly becomes baby, why didn’t grandpa give a baby
yet?”
Dad looks
dumbstruck.
Moral: Lie doesn’t
works, even with kids.
Not-so-Nice
Way:
Little
brother came into big brother’s room and asked “Bhaiya, how did mom and dad
make me? I’m asking them but they’re not telling me. They said some stork
brought me home. I know they’re lying.”
Big brother,
who was working on his laptop, got irritated by the intervention, but decided
not to be rude to his little brother.
“Wow… you’re
one smart fella aren’t you”, big bro turned and looked at him, then said “I’ll
tell you but you shouldn’t tell this to anyone okay?”
“Okay”
little boy jumped up and down in expectation.
“I’m not
supposed to tell you this, and maybe you’re too young to know this, but I
believe in the right to information”
“Hmm”
“You’ll most
definitely get shocked after hearing this so I’m preparing you for it by saying
these things. But in case you still find it horrifying and you wanna cry, do it
here. You shouldn’t show it in front of mom and dad, okay?”
“Okay” said
the little boy somewhat uncomfortable now.
“Great… Now…
you see there are certain things that grown up people do. Mostly married
people”
“Oh… What’s
that?” boy asked wide eyed.
“Lot of
stupid stuffs, you won’t understand most of them. One of them…” He said looking
into little brother’s eyes, “is called adoption… you were adopted!” he said trying
to hold off the smirk.
The kid
never pestered his parents again.
Moral:
Hurtful things, even if they are lies, work.
Disclaimer:
Don’t try this at home.
