Fr's Mama had long been pregnant. The baby was due in the first week of April. She kept coming to school to drop and pick up Fr till she started getting too uncomfortable. Then she stopped coming. We assumed that the baby had come. We asked Fr but she didn't know much. She only said ,
" Baby? But there is no baby."
I thought I would better explain her a little bit.
"Fr, your mama has a little baby in her tummy that's why her tummy is soooo big. She will go to the hospital and the doctor will take it out. Then you can play with the real baby in your house."
Tk who is an Egyptian girl and very intelligent started insisting in her broken words and mixed language that her mama also has a baby in her tummy. We didn't believe her as we thought she was only making it up to get attention or only imitating Fr.
Then one day I saw Fr's grand parents who had come to drop her off. I immediately asked them where and how was Fr's mother. They told me she was at the hospital and the baby can come any day now.
We daily asked Fr if the baby had come yet but she apparently didn't know much and answered in the negative and there Tk kept insisting that her mama also is having a baby inside her tummy. It is hard to know the truth because her mama always wears huge full body length robes which dont give us any hint at all and certainly we have no plans to ask her this question.
Then one day Fr's baby came into this world finally. The grand parents informed us that the baby was very big and a C-section had to be done to take him out.
I asked Fr where was the baby now.
" In the hospital."
'What was he doing?" I thought she would say he was crying. But she said a bit exasperated and somewhat disgustingly;
"The baby was drinking my mama's boobies."
Oh my God! How we burst out laughing and kept on laughing till our sides started aching and the little children who didn't understand a thing did understand there was something funny and started laughing too. Cl had gone all red in her face.
"Oh, it sounds so exciting. I can't imagine what it must be like to have a baby. I want to be a mama too."
" Baby? But there is no baby."
I thought I would better explain her a little bit.
"Fr, your mama has a little baby in her tummy that's why her tummy is soooo big. She will go to the hospital and the doctor will take it out. Then you can play with the real baby in your house."
Tk who is an Egyptian girl and very intelligent started insisting in her broken words and mixed language that her mama also has a baby in her tummy. We didn't believe her as we thought she was only making it up to get attention or only imitating Fr.
Then one day I saw Fr's grand parents who had come to drop her off. I immediately asked them where and how was Fr's mother. They told me she was at the hospital and the baby can come any day now.
We daily asked Fr if the baby had come yet but she apparently didn't know much and answered in the negative and there Tk kept insisting that her mama also is having a baby inside her tummy. It is hard to know the truth because her mama always wears huge full body length robes which dont give us any hint at all and certainly we have no plans to ask her this question.
Then one day Fr's baby came into this world finally. The grand parents informed us that the baby was very big and a C-section had to be done to take him out.
I asked Fr where was the baby now.
" In the hospital."
'What was he doing?" I thought she would say he was crying. But she said a bit exasperated and somewhat disgustingly;
"The baby was drinking my mama's boobies."
Oh my God! How we burst out laughing and kept on laughing till our sides started aching and the little children who didn't understand a thing did understand there was something funny and started laughing too. Cl had gone all red in her face.
"Oh, it sounds so exciting. I can't imagine what it must be like to have a baby. I want to be a mama too."
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