Kids are smarter than you think
9-year-old Emily was given an assignment in school to write a story on "My family's ancestors" The purpose was for the kids to understand their heritage.
In search of some answers for her assignment Emily proceeded to interview her grandmother who was not aware of the reason for Emily’s questions.
When she asked her grandmother, "Granny, where did I come from?" her grandma being quite nervous about talking with a kid about such a touchy subject
in the absence of her parents wanted to buy some time and replied, "Well, sweetie, the stork brought you." Hoping that the subject would be dropped until Emily's parents came back she said no more.
"So, where did Mom come from?"
"The stork brought her also."
"Well, then where did you come from?"
"The stork brought me too, sweetie."
"All right, thanks, Granny."
Emily's grandmother did not think anything more about this incident until three days later when she was tidying up and looking at Emily’s desk, read the first sentence of her paper,
"For three generations there have been no natural births in our family."
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Emily 9 tahun diberi tugas di sekolah untuk menulis cerita tentang "nenek moyang keluarga saya" Tujuannya adalah agar anak-anak memahami warisan mereka.
Dalam mencari jawaban untuk tugasnya Emily melanjutkan mewawancarai neneknya yang tidak menyadari alasan pertanyaan Emily.
Ketika ia bertanya kepada neneknya, "Nenek, dari mana saya berasal?" karena neneknya cukup gugup berbicara dengan anak tentang suatu obrolan yang sensitif
dikarenakan tidak ada orangtuanya ingin sedikit meluangkan waktu dan menjawab, "Yah, Sayang, burung bangau membawa mu." Berharap obrolan akan dibatalkan sampai orang tua Emily kembali dia tidak berkata-kata lagi.
"Jadi, dari mana Ibu berasal?"
"Burung bangau juga yang membawanya."
"Eeemm, kalau begitu darimana nenek berasal?"
"Burung bangau juga yang membawa nenek, Sayang."
"Baiklah, terima kasih, Nek."
Nenek Emily tidak memikirkan apa-apa lagi tentang kejadian ini sampai tiga hari kemudian, ketika ia merapikan dan melihat ke meja Emily, membaca kalimat pertama ceritanya,
"Selama tiga generasi tidak ada kelahiran alami di keluarga kami."
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