Babble - Explaining Genetics to

[Guest guest]

an eight year old.

 

Ever tried it? Last night I got to have that priviledge when presented with

the question " Why are some cats born without a tail "

 

Why do they have to ask that kind of question? I'm not a flipping scientist

for crying out loud.

 

I'll probably be shot when he finally gets into a science class.

 

This is what I told him...

 

I said that people are made with something like a recipe. " Cakes and cookie

recipes call for flour, eggs, sugar etc. And people also have recipe's.

Everyone's recipe is different and is made with different things. YOUR recipe

calls

for green eyes, tickely tummy and big feet. Your sisters recipe called for

green eyes, blonde hair and a big dose of stubborness. "

 

He seemed to get it though because he then " And the recipe says that I'm a

boy? " Yeppers I told him and Pumpkins' recipe called for a cat with no tail.

 

>sigh< His teachers are going to just SHOOT me! ROFL!

 

K

 

Cheers!

Kathleen Petrides

The Woobey Queen

http://www.fatcatcandleco.com