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Special Treat ??“ Stacey Graham ??“ A new writer

May 27, 2005

Let??™s all welcome Stacey Graham writer # 208 as our newest writer.  Please tell her how you felt about her story and encourage her to write more!

Out of the Mouths of babes

?© Stacey Graham

All Rights Reserved

???Mama, how did the baby get in there???? my four year old demanded one day.

I had been dreading this moment the entire pregnancy, although at seven months along I figured I had gotten lucky to get this far.  Her sweet moon face wrinkled in confusion as I stumbled along in my attempts to be clinical yet skirting around the whole sex issue. 

???You know how Barbie and Ken really love each other????  I began, ???Ken has a magic wand??¦???

???He??™s Harry Potter???? she asked.

???No, not like that.  Ken and Barbie decide to have a baby so they, sort of??¦??? it was getting worse.  My fifth grade sexual education classes began to creep from my memory.  Mr. Bullard was red-faced as 12 ten year old girls watched in horror as the egg and sperm met on warbled tape from the projection machine.  I thought he was going to pass out when the subject of menstruation was approached.

Syenna started looking at her Ken doll in a new light, searching for his magic wand.  I??™m not sure this is what the manufacturer had in mind but I wasn??™t too concerned as his plastic torso wasn??™t anatomically correct.  Still??¦

???It??™s not in his hand,??? she stated, still looking.

???What????  I was aghast that she had picked up on where my mind was traveling. 

???His wand, he must??™ve lost it playing with Barbie,??? she ran to find the blonde doll as I pulled Ken??™s shorts back up from around his knees. 

My six year old daughter returned with her, determined to find out why Ken was now being called Harry Potter. 

???Mom, you know this isn??™t Harry Potter, Ken has no lightening bolt on his forehead.  Now, where??™s his wand????  She began to search her toy box to see if she may have overlooked an accessory in the Barbie line up.  Fifteen different incarnations of Barbie lay on the floor in various stages of dress, each one she and her sister would ask, ???Do you have Ken??™s wand???? then they were thrown unceremoniously to the floor.  Ken lay at the bottom of the pile and smiled.  Typical.

I tried to sneak out of the room before laughing out loud, as I slowly closed the door I heard Syenna say, ???Rowyn, do you know how babies get in mommy??™s tummies????

???Of course, Goofball, the daddy is a farmer and plants his love seed in the mommy and her tummy swells up like a watermelon until she pops out a baby.  Daddy told me.???

???Oh.  So where does the wand come in???? Syenna asked.

??? That must be for waving around and making babies appear.???

I couldn??™t have said it better myself.

Stacey Graham

wyntersmoon@aol.com

About Me:

Stacey Graham is a busy mother of four who's interests wander from ghosts to potty training within minutes of each other.  She is currently compiling true ghost stories for an upcoming work to help children discover the adventure of ghost hunting safely.  If you have a ghost story you'd like to share with the class, please contact her at etherscribe@aol.com or visit her website: Wee Ghosties - A Beginner's Guide to Ghost Hunting at http://weeghosties.com .  Stacey has written numerous articles for The Shadowlands (http://theshadowlands.net) and enjoys a good goosebump!