Ma and Pa

Daddy is mowing the lawn when his young son comes
running out of the house calling to him.

“Daddy, daddy, what’s sex?” asks the boy.

For a moment dad is dumbstruck but then decides that if his
son has asked the question, then he must do his best to
answer it. For the next few minutes dad talks about the birds
and the bees, then human relationships, love, the sex act,
having babies – in fact he does a pretty good job of covering
every aspect. Eventually he comes to a stop when he sees how
oddly his son is looking at him.

“Why did you want to know?” he asks.

“Well, Mummy said to come