"Mom, what is a baby horse called?"
"Well, a girl horse is called a filly and a boy horse is a colt."
"How about a grownup girl and boy horse?"
"That would be a mare or a stallion...oh and there is something called a gelding."
"What's that?"
"Well, it's a boy horse that can't help make babies." (Now realizing the hot water that the mother has just put herself in, she is trying to pedal forward very quickly through this conversation.)
"Boy horses can have babies??"
"No, they just can't help make babies anymore....."
(The car is silent. The mother begins to cringe waiting for the inevitable question.)
6 year old boy says, "Mom, I like horses."
(WHEW!!) "Me too."
"Well, a girl horse is called a filly and a boy horse is a colt."
"How about a grownup girl and boy horse?"
"That would be a mare or a stallion...oh and there is something called a gelding."
"What's that?"
"Well, it's a boy horse that can't help make babies." (Now realizing the hot water that the mother has just put herself in, she is trying to pedal forward very quickly through this conversation.)
"Boy horses can have babies??"
"No, they just can't help make babies anymore....."
(The car is silent. The mother begins to cringe waiting for the inevitable question.)
6 year old boy says, "Mom, I like horses."
(WHEW!!) "Me too."
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