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| CAST |
marty, bella (5) and troy |
| SETTING |
dining room |
| SCENE |
i got home late from work and am eating dinner after everyone else. alex is playing in the next room and bella is sitting on marty's lap at the table. |
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BELLA (in reference to alex)
it's kinda gross how boys stuff has to hang out.
MARTY
what stuff? his penis?
BELLA
no not that. the other thing.
MARTY
what other thing? what are you talking about?
BELLA
the thing behind his penis.
MARTY
oh that. that is called a scrotum.
BELLA
that holds his pee, right?
MARTY
well, no. his bladder holds his pee.
BELLA
but his bladder is in there, right?
MARTY
no, his bladder is inside him just like you.
BELLA
oh.
MARTY
a scrotum holds his testes.
BELLA
what do they do?
MARTY
well you know how women have seeds they use to make a baby. the testes hold the seeds a man uses to make a baby.
BELLA (incredulously)
mom! men don't make babies.
MARTY
well, no. but they help.
BELLA (bella turns and studies me for a few moments as i work on too-large of a bite from a gyro and then says to marty, suspiciously)
are you being truthful mom?
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| NOTE |
oh, to be a parent and have your child look in your eyes and then turn to someone else and say, 'yeah, i don't think so'. it's quite warming.
also, i'm paying twenty bucks to the person who fields the call from bella's elementary school tomorrow. |
Published
September 29, 2006
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