INT. KITCHEN – DAY 1950’s checkered Linoleum, vinyl metal framed chairs, a rounded icebox. Twin teenage girls, Julia (16) and Sarah (16) sit at the table reading magazines, dressed in matching petal-pushers, blouses, and white tennis shoes. Molly (6) sits with them, playing with her baby doll. Francine (26) rushes into the kitchen wearing high heels, skirt, and sweater hanging off her shoulders. Francine: I really appreciate you two watching Molly until Grandma gets here. Julia: We’re swell. Sarah: What are older cousins for? Francine: All right. Tell my mom, I mean Grandma, I’ll be back around 8. Francine exits. The three girls sit quietly at the table. Molly places her baby doll right in front of her belly. Molly: Where do babies come from? Julia lowers her magazine. Thinks for a moment, then… Julia: French Kissing Sarah: What? Sarah drops her magazine and stares at her sister. Julia: That’s what Grandma told me. French kissing. Sarah: Babies do not come from French kissing. Julia: Yes, they do. When you put your tongue in his mouth… Sarah: Stop! Sarah covers Molly’s ears. Molly: I want to hear, Aunt Sarah. Molly pushes Sarah’s hands off her ears. Molly (CONT.): Aunt Julia, what’s French kissing? Sarah: She doesn’t need to know. Julia: Well, Molly, a French kiss is when… Sarah: Don’t tell her! She’s too little. Julia: She has to learn sometime. Sarah: She’s only six! What would Aunt Francine say? Julia: You’re upset because Grandma told me about French kissing first, and not you. Molly: Aunt Sarah, you don’t know about French kissing? Julia: Yeah, Aunt Sarah? Haven’t you ever French kissed a boy? Sarah: I… Julia: What were you doing with Peter last night in his car? Hmmmm? On Lover’s Point? Did you French kiss? Sarah: Oh, my God... Grandma (60’s) appears in time to hear Molly joyfully announce… Molly: Aunt Sarah is going to have a baby! Grandma faints.

FEEDBACK ONE Nice scene with a lovely climax. I believe you can leave out the part of Francine and start with the twins watching their younger niece. How would the scene read and the climax come across if the girls were 14?

SCENE 1 EXT. FRONT PORCH GRANDPA rocks in a rocking chair with a tomboyish six year old girl, KATIE, in his lap. GRANDPA: …and that’s how they get them ships in those bottles. KATIE: Gee, grandpa you know everything. GRANDPA: I reckon I know everything worth knowin’. Katie frowns, thinks a moment. KATIE: How’d that baby get in Aunt Margie’s tummy? The rocking suddenly stops. GRANDPA: What’s that? KATIE: How did that baby get inside Aunt Margie? Grandpa stammers, looks into Katie’s innocent face. GRANDPA: Let’s see. It’s trickier than gettin’ a ship in a bottle, I tell you that much. KATIE: How? GRANDPA: Listen. Isn’t that your grandma callin’ you? KATIE: I didn’t hear nothin’. GRANDPA: Hmmm, sure thought I smelled cookies baking. Katie leans toward the screen door, sniffs the air. KATIE: I don’t smell nothin’. Peers up at him expectantly. GRANDPA: You wanna know about babies, eh? Katie nods. GRANDPA: If that’s what you want, but I tell you right now, you ain’t gonna like it. KATIE: Why? GRANDPA: It’s got kissin’ boys in it. Katie pulls a pickle face. KATIE: Yuck!! Slips off his lap and heads toward the door. GRANDPA: Where you goin’? KATIE: I better help grandma with those cookies. Grandpa blows out a relieved breath, smiles and resumes rocking.

FEEDBACK 1 Funny ending! Just to put my two cents in, I agree with 14Shari, I think you could enter the scene later without losing anything. And another suggestion: what if you began with the teen girls whispering about Sarah being at Lover's Point and Sarah being teased about French kissing which prompts Molly to ask about babies. Just a thought. :) Great scene!

SCENE 1 INT. Maternity ward – day – night – who knows? We’re inside under fluorescents Joel, early 30’s, leans his forehead against the glass of the maternity corral, watching the rows of crying newborns. He looks tired and forlorned. Well at least preoccupied about something. Mindy, 7 years old, sidles up next to him with her hands tucked into the pockets of her winter coat. She leans her forehead into the glass as well. Mindy: Hey uncle Joel. Which one is Sal? Joel narrows his eyes. Joel: Not sure. Hopefully the quiet one in the corner. Mindy: Can I ask you something? Joel: As long as it’s not where they come from. She looks up at Joel. Mindy: Who? Joel: Babies. She turns back to the glass. Mindy: Mom already told me. Joel: Storks? Mindy: I’m only seven and I don’t even believe that. Joel: What did your mom say? Mindy: She said when Mommies and Daddies really love each other an angel visits in the night and plants a seed inside the Mommy’s tummy. She stares at him for a beat and then back to the glass. Joel: But you don’t believe that either. She shakes her head. Mindy: I found a book in the library once. It had pictures. Lots of pictures. She seems distressed by it. Joel: I try to stay out of libraries. Mindy: Is that where they come from? Joel: Libraries? He smiles at her. She smiles back. Joel: Yeah, I guess the book probably had it right. For the most part. Mindy: Seems complicated. And a little disgusting. Joel: It is… And it’s more complicated than you know. Mindy: I guess that’s why I’m asking. Joel sighs. Joel: And you absolutely don’t believe it’s storks? She shakes her head. Joel: That’s too bad. Cuz that would be way more interesting.

SCENE 1 EXT. HANSCOMB PARK-DAY GILBERT DODDERS, 47, hands in pockets, bows his head into a crisp spring breeze as he strolls through the park. He glances up as he reaches the playground and notices TONY CARTER, 5, waving at him from the swings. Gilbert nods a curt hello and continues but Tony's waving becomes more frantic. Gilbert hesitates, looks around anxiously. Not seeing anyone, he idles up to the young boy. GILBERT: Everything alright? Tony shakes his head no. GILBERT: Where are your parents? Do you need to call your mo- TONY: No! Gilbert again glances nervously around. GILBERT: Easy! Didn't mean to upset you. TONY: Mom was being mean. So I came here. Gilbert softens. GILBERT: When I get mad. I come to the park too. (smiling) I don't fit in the swing anymore, though. Tony giggles. TONY: Push me! GILBERT: I can't do that- TONY: Now! I'll yell! Gilbert starts to push. Tony steadily gains height. On the backswing... TONY: Where do babies come from? Gilbert stalls at this, misses a push. Backswing... TONY: I know Daddies and Mommies make them. Gilbert thinks quick. Backswing... GILBERT: Not always! Swings forward... GILBERT: There's this big colorful bird called a stork... Back. GILBERT: ...snatches up little kids from a big, erm, park... Forward. GILBERT: ...where babies grow... Back. GILBERT: ...you get wrapped up and held tight... Forward. GILBERT: ...as it flies through the bright sky... Back. GILBERT: ...You'll see all these new, and exciting things... Forward. GILBERT: ...as you fly through the air... Back. GILBERT: ...then you arrive at the new house... Forward. GILBERT: ...and it leaves you there for mommy and daddy... Back. GILBERT: ...mommy might get mad sometimes, but it's okay... Forward. GILBERT: ...remember she will always love you, no matter what... Back. GILBERT: ...because you're special and will always be loved! MARIANNE CARTER, 34, comes running towards the park, frantic. MARIANNE: TONY! TONY: Mama! He leaps from the swing and runs happily to his mother. TONY: Hear what the nice man told me! Gilbert watches the two embrace and Tony start in on his account of their conversation. Marianne looks up and Gilbert gives his best neighborly wave and smile. He stops mid-action however when he sees her look of horror. She bundles up Tony and sprints away from the park in hysterics. Gilbert stands stunned, baffled at what Tony could have possibly said.

FEEDBACK 1 Enjoyed the bit of humor in the exchange about the library. Something you might consider is cutting some of the superfluous asides and notes that dictate what an actor should do i.e. "Joel sighs". This'll clutter the writing and plug up the room for actor interpretation. It's what is in your head, but may not be suitable for the page. Let the dialogue speak. Leave out what isn't necessary. I only feel justified in saying this because it is the #1 thing that I struggle with myself. I received the same advice I'm giving and I am trying to get better at it. Take it as you will, however.

DAY ONE: A CAVE: NIGHT: PIP Where do babies come from? SONAR (dozing) Mummmmphmmm PIP Where do babies come from? SONAR(Opens an eye) Ummm....wha?.... PIP I SAID...WHERE DO BABIES.. SONAR I HEAR YOU! I was trying to sleep! PIP I just want to know where SONAR EGGS! From...eggs. PIP Eggs? But....I... SONAR I told you...now go to sleep! PIP I...came from an egg? SONAR We all did. Now please sleep! PIP So....you, you are my mother? beat SONAR Yes. PIP Wow....why didn't you tell SONAR Let it go. PIP So, who's my father? beat PIP Sonar! Who's my fa.... SONAR I am. beat beat PIP WHAT? But...you...how... SONAR We're dragons, Pip. That's how we roll. Now please go to sleep. PIP Wow! (beat) Cool!

FEEDBACK ONE I like the "ship in a bottle" metaphor. In this scene, I would have liked to see you make it more awkward for Grandpa, and build a climax for the scene. An idea... What if when he tells her she "aint gonna like it" about boys. Maybe this furthers her interest, and he has himself in a pickle. He is finally about to tell her...then Grandma actually does call Katie. Relief. Cute characters.

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FEEDBACK 3 I like the twist at the end. It's so like today's society. I think you could play that up more for more effect. By that I mean perhaps cut a bit from the beginning. Set Gilbert up more for the payoff at the end. What if, being a bachelor he tries to give the boy a softened but true picture of how babies come to be and he's overheard by mother's in the park?

FEEDBACK 4 This is a cute idea, using dragons. I love the name Pip by the way. So cute. I think you could add more inquisitiveness from Pip about how exactly that works-being both mother and father. It's certainly a puzzle and I can see that having some comedic moments.

Scene 1 A car pulls up outside a busy supermarket. MARK gets out of the driver’s seat and opens the back door to let out a very angry SAM (6) who ignores him and stomps towards the entrance. MARK looks back at JEMMA, in the passenger seat. She gives him a smile of encouragement and he chases after SAM, who has already picked up a basket and is stamping towards the bakery aisle. MARK So, shall we go bagels or sandwiches? SAM gives her dad the grumpiest face she can muster. MARK puts bagels in the basket and they move on, picking up yoghurt and heading for the fruit and vegetables. Suddenly MARK stops and puts down the basket. Kneels to talk to Sam. MARK Look, Sam, I know. I should have told you about Jemma. (SILENCE) I was going to… SAM So? MARK So I didn’t know if she’d say yes. It’s early days, buddy. I think you’ll like her though. Sam humphs. MARK So look, let’s get these things for your lunch tomorrow and then tonight what do you say we order pizza, then you can stay up and we’ll all watch a movie? SAM Mommy said I had to go to bed early for school. MARK Well, at Daddy’s house Daddy gets to decide the rules. Okay? SAM I’m still cross with you for not telling about the lady. MARK Jemma. Yeah. I know honey, and I promise I’ll never keep anything from you again. Never. SAM Promise? MARK Promise. So, you gotta have a vegetable. Which one are you going to pick? SAM puts a cucumber in the basket and then head to the checkout. It’s busy, and at the till the CASHIER waits for assistance, her overhead light flashing, while a MOTHER soothes her baby. SAM Where do babies come from? MARK pretends he hasn’t heard. SAM Daddy? Where do babies come from? The MOTHER raises her eyebrows and waits to see what he’ll say. MARK Well. I expect Mommy’s told you that already, hasn’t she? SAM No. MARK Well, you know, I expect you’ll learn all about that at school, honey. SAM I want you to tell me. Daddy. Now the CASHIER is listening too. MARK And I will, honey, when you’re older. SAM Now. MARK I don’t think it’s…. This isn’t really the time. SAM But you promised. MARK No I didn’t. SAM You did. You promised you would never ever keep anything from me ever again. MARK So I did. He looks up at the CASHIER and the WOMAN, and the CUSTOMERS behind them, who are all waiting. He takes a deep breath. MARK Okay. So. Right. When two people love each other very much- SAM Like you and Jemma? MARK Kinda. Yeah. Well, then they have a special kind of hug. SAM Like our special kind of hugs? MARK No. (Realising they’re all listening) NO! A special kind of grown up hug. And the man puts some seed inside the lady and if the seed meets the lady’s egg then that makes a baby. He thinks he’s got away with it, and is quite pleased with himself. SAM How does he put the seed inside the lady? Sam eyeballs her Dad so he knows she’s not letting him off the hook. MARK looks desperately around for inspiration, and his eyes light on the shopping. He sighs and picks up the cucumber. MARK Okay. So this is the man’s… hooha. SAM His what? MARK John Thomas. (Sam doesn’t understand) Thingy. (still not) PENIS! He’s shouted it by mistake, and now it’s like the whole shop is watching. MARK (quiet) Okay? His penis. And the man’s penis goes inside… (he casts around again and there are the bagels. With a horrible sense of inevitability he picks one up) …inside the lady, okay? (to himself) Please don’t make me say it. (He puts the cucumber through the bagel hole, hating himself. The customers around him just stare.) Okay? And that’s how the seed gets in. SAM Okay. Hi Jemma. JEMMA has appeared next to them. JEMMA Hi. SAM Daddy’s just telling me about how you’re going to make a baby.

Feedback 1 Hey Cranky, This piece has a lovely wistful quality, and I love the image of both of them with their foreheads pressed up against the glass. The writing is quite economical, but I wonder if you could pare it back even more? Do you need 'he looks tired and forlorn', or to tell us she has her hands in her pockets? Might it be enough just to have him lean his head on the glass and her join him? Similarly we don't need to know he narrows his eyes. I liked him hoping his baby is the quiet one! For me, the end section lost impact a little. I didn't quite believe her asking whether babies come from the library - it felt a little like you wanted to get that line in. Had you thought of cutting straight from 'I try to stay out of libraries' to 'I guess the book probably had it about right.'? And maybe ending the scene on 'Seems complicated. And a little disgusting. J: It is. ' For me there is enough of a hint at something troubling Joel in that simple affirmation, and getting out then might make the scene stronger. Intrigued to know what happens next...

SCENE ONE INT. KITCHEN - DAY Mum is seven months pregnants and makes sandwiches for JASON, six years old. JASON: mum, where do babies come from? MUM: my belly JASON: how did it get there? MUM: uh – your father gave it to me JASON: how? MUM: do you see those tomatoes in the garden? JASON: yes MUM: it wasn't there before. We planted seeds into the soil and gave it some water and nurtured it and then the plant started growing and after a few months, we had our own tomatoes. Your father gave me some baby seeds JASON: how? MUM: we kissed and hugged JASON: oh. Marcia's mum told her they had sex and that's how they made her sister. I'm gonna tell Marica she's all wrong.

FEEDBACK 1 Hi, Kety.I really like that scene. Especially the tension that you managed to create by putting that conversation in awkward store. Also I liked the way boy manipulate and remind MARK's promises (that is just taken from real life and easy to believe in the scene)

FEEDBACK 4 I like that for creative twist when you talking not about human, but creatures.

SCENE 3 A classroom 2219 A.D. . Children (all 6 yo) all bald, no eyebrows, all dressed in blue uniform, looks like twins. There is a hairless teacher (FRANK) in front of children dressed in blue uniform as well. FRANK: So Children, do you have more questions about string theory? SOFIA rises her hand FRANK – And again Our Why-how-when-lady! (class laughs) Sofia, that time questions about the topic please! SOFIA Teacher, Where do babies come from? (class laughs louder) FRANK Sofia, That is really strange question. Did you miss the excursion to the reproduction center? Children, Let’s help Sofia. Where all babies come from? Children all together: All babies come from Reproduction center FRANK: That is right! What slogan DO we know? ALL together (laud) but SOFIA: The smartest, fastest, brave, we’re the part of superior race! SOFIA: Of cause I know that, teacher, but I read that men and woman had sex and women gave birth to babies ALL children: NO way, disgusting, WOO BOB (schoolmate) Give birth like animals? are you Crasy? FRANK: CLASS Quiet! Sofia what are you talking about? That is strict violation of rule #287. And did you say read? READ? Where could you read that? SOFIA: And what is love? FRANK: Sofia, you drive me crazy, stop that stupid questions . We go to director right now. Take your bag and go, now. SOFIA (scared almost crying) But what did I do? Frank grabs her by hand and pull her out of the room. In corridor they moving very fast. Frank pulls bearing against Sofia. Sofia (cant stop asking): Teacher why we do not have hair on our heads? FRANK : Because that is the way people always been. SOFIA: not always, in that magazine all people have hair and they wear different cloths as well FRANK: You said magazine? What magazine? Sofia: The magazine that in my backpack. Teacher stops dead. FRANK: a magazine in your backpack? Right here? Show it to me, not now. In my room. (he whispered ) In a teachers room. Frank looks astonished at glossy magazine with young beautiful women in bikini (with hair on their heads). FRANK: Oh. My God. It is not possible. He carefully turns pages covered with plastic FRANK: Sofia, it is a very very, gross violation of all rules, to have that kind of material. Did you tell to anyone? Sofia: Not yet, I just came from holidays from appointed supervisors. Nice old people… School bell rings. FRANK (speaks fast and almost wispier) : Listen, if anyone found out about that you’ll be in a big trouble. You might be even sent to the CLINIC. They’ll clean your memory and brain. You do not want your brain to be cleaned don’t’ you? SOFIA (scared) No FRANK: So I’ll keep that and lt will be our secret. I need to make investigation about that. Now run. Don’t tell to anybody. OK? SOFIA: Sure thing, teacher (run away) Frank (still shocked) Oh my God, Oh my God He hides the magazine in his bag in a hurry like a spy, who've just stollen secret documents.

FEEDBACK 8 or 9 - sheesh, I've lost count. This is a cute scene. I think you rush it a bit though. I'd give mum a bit more to squirm about before closing the scene. Maybe have Jason go into more uncomfortable detail and show her reaction to this.

FEEDBACK 3 Nice scene Alexander. I like how you built the tension for the teacher. Perhaps you could concentrate a bit more on Sophia and her dialogue. The "sure thing, teacher" was too easy. You could use your creativity here to make more stress for the teacher. The " of course, I know that" and the "not always" lines are unnecessary, too. Either make her more innocent in her questioning, or more purposefully contradictory. Well done!I wanted to know what happens next!

Dialogue 1 A MAN (mid 30s) is waiting in the line at the supermarket. A MOTHER recognizes that she has forgotten something. She talks to her 4year-old GIRL. We just hear supermarket noise. As soon, as the mother is alone, the girl smiles at the man. GIRL: Is she gone? MAN: Who? GIRL: Mum. MAN: Don‘t worry. She‘ll be back soon. GIRL: Hurry up then. Can you tell me... where do babies come from? MAN: Uhhh. GIRL: Where do babies come from. MAN: I can‘t. GIRL: Why? MAN: You should ask your mum. GIRL: Why? MAN: Because she is your mum. GIRL: She don‘t tell me. Never. MAN: She‘ll have her reasons. GIRL: Do you have reasons? MAN: No... uhhh GIRL: Then tell me. MAN: No. GIRL: Please. MAN: No. GIRL: Pleeeease. MAN: No. I can‘t. GIRL: It‘s because you don‘t know. MAN: I know. GIRL: You don‘t. MAN: Really. I know. GIRL: Then tell me. MAN: There is a stork, holding a crib... GIRL: I know it (sic!). You don‘t know. You really don‘t know. (laughing and really loudly) He don‘t know where do babies come from. MAN (screaming): I fucking know where the babies come from. Everybody standing in line is looking at him. GIRL: You said fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking.

Thank you very much. I agree with you and think it over

Feedback 6 Yeah I agree. I like the payoff, but I would stretch the build up just a bit more.

SCENE 1 EXT. PLAYGROUND. DAY Joanna is 5, Trisha is 7, and they are sitting on the playground, eating goldfish crackers from a plastic bag. Their very pregnant teacher, Miss Kate, walks up to check on them. MISS KATE: How are you ladies doing over here? TRISHA: (with a mouth full of crackers) Fine Mith Kate Joanna nods enthusiastically and gives the thumbs up while still nodding and chewing MISS KATE: Well, don't eat too much, you'll get a belly.. OOF Miss Kate holds her belly with both hands, the baby has just kicked. MISS KATE: Wow, that was a big one, I think I have a little soccer player in there. JOANNA: How you fit a soccer prayer in dere? Miss Kate laughs. TRISHA: It's her baby silly! JOANNA: (at Miss Kate) How you got a baby in dere? Miss Kate laughs again, now rubbing her belly. TRISHA: (at Miss Kate) You want to tell her or you want me to do it? MISS KATE: Oh, I think you should do it, for sure. TRISHA: (takes a deep breath) Well. First of all (explaining with her hands and crazy facial expressions) the baby's not really in her tummy, it's in her bagina (pointing down) MISS KATE: Oh yes, do continue, you're doing a good job explaining. TRISHA: When Miss Kate went tinkle one time, the stork took a baby seed and it put it there (pointing down again) JOANNA: In da bagina? (pointing at Miss Kates "bagina") TRISHA: (nodding) And then, the stork said, "eat a lot of food, like milk shakes and french fries" to make the seed eat it and get big into a baby MISS KATE: Absolutely right, nothing but milk shakes and french fries, all day long. JOANNA: I fink I wanna baby, I like fench fies TRISHA: No, you have to be a grown up or it doesn't work. You would just get fat but not from a baby JOANNA: (pouty face and crossing arms) dats not fair MISS KATE: Not fair at all, I know. TRISHA: Then after two years of the baby eating food, the hospital delivers the baby as a boy or a girl. JOANNA: Do dey deliver to your house like pizza? TRISHA: No, you have to pay extra for that (nodding at Miss Kate) JOANNA: How do dey choose a boy or a gull? TRISHA: An umpire in a black and white shirt blows a whistle and then flips a big coin, and the mom can call it heads or tails. Heads are girls because we have pretty hair, and tails are boys because they are stinky like animals. JOANNA: (at Miss Kate) Are your baby a head or a tails? MISS KATE: Oh, well we decided to have the.. (at Trisha) Umpire (at Joanna) flip the coin, but he kept it a secret so it is a surprise Trisha and Joanna look at each other and make the "wow" face MISS KATE: Joanna, you did such a good job explaining that, how did you know so much? JOANNA: Oh, I learned some from a cartoon and other stuff from the newspaper, and my brother told me about the coin flip because he was a tails and I was a heads. Joanna puts her hand up by her mouth, shielding her next words from Joanna. JOANNA: But I know where they really come from MISS KATE: (a whisper at Joanna) Oh... really? JOANNA: (still directed at Joanna) Yeah, but Joanna is too little to know about people smooching with their tongues. It is too gross and we don't want her to give no one a baby yet. MISS KATE: (at Joanna, nodding) Good idea, a very mature decision. (at both) Well, ladies, I'm glad we had this little talk, finish your crackers it is almost time to go in. (at Joanna) Thanks for the help.. Miss Kate walks in the classroom. JOANNA: She is going to drink a milkshake to make the baby stop kicking her. TRISHA: (pouty face, crossed arms again) Lucky!

SCENE ONE INT. KITCHEN - DAY DAD is sitting at a breakfast table eating a bowl of cereal and reading articles on his phone. KID, his daughter around six or seven, sits next to him. KID: Where do babies come from? Dad continues to eat without looking up. DAD: That's a complicated question with a complicated answer. Let me ask you, where do you think babies come from? KID: Hmmm... I have a friend... Her name is Alicia... And she said that involves a lot of praying. DAD: Praying? KID: Well, yeah, okay. She heard her parents praying one night. Well, she thinks they were praying, but all she heard was her dad saying "Oh God, oh God" over and over. Her mom was praying aloud about putting a baby in her. Dad quits eating cereal. DAD: And you had this conversation with your friend at school? KID: Yeah. So does having babies involve praying? DAD: It can. I'm sure praying is involved. It's not an easy process to have a baby. Sometimes a boy and a girl have to ask God for help. KID: Now I'm confused. DAD: Why? KID: Because Grandma said that Aunt Tina gets pregnant just by looking at a boy, and if Aunt Tina doesn't learn how to keep her knees together, she's going to end up like the old woman in the shoe. DAD: Grandma said that? KID: But mommy's sister and Aunt Vicky are going get a baby, but they don't have a boy to help. DAD: Aunt Vicky and Aunt Rachel are going to adopt. KID: Adopt? DAD: Yeah, just like going to get a puppy, but way more complicated, involving lawyers, tons of paperwork. Horrible grown-up stuff. KID: So, you can pray to God for a baby, look at a boy or just adopt. This is very confusing. DAD: Okay. I could explain it to you, but do you remember that time I tried to explain the electoral process to you and you just fell asleep? Having a baby is going to require one of those talks. So, we can talk about it now, or just wait until you get older. KID: How about I just wait until I'm older. DAD: Good plan. Be sure to ask your mom that question first, but not now. Kid jumps down from the chair. KID: I'm going to watch television. Mom enters kitchen as Kid bounces out of the kitchen. MOM: What was that all about? DAD: Nothing much. Does she have a friend named Alicia? MOM: Not that I'm aware of. Why? DAD: To answer your question from the other night... Yes, the kiddo was awake at our door. Also, we may have to rethink about letting her stay with my mom this weekend.

Scene 7 LIZA: Daddy? Where do babies come from? Dad: You know that's more of a question for your mother, I'd say. LIZA: But where do they come from? DAD: (under his breath) Fuck. LIZA: What's fuck? DAD: So babies... when two people-- LIZA: Fuck. DAD: Sweetie you can't say that word. That's a bad word. See this is why I like your mother to talk to you about these things. The Mom walks in the front door with several grocery bags. The Dad hops up. DAD: Oh good timing. You two need to talk. (to Mom) she knows the f word. He ducks out the front door. MOM: Wait what? LIZA: Daddy said Fuck.

SCENE 1 Granny - Annie, where do babies come from? Annie - Is this a test Granny? Granny - A test? Annie - Yeah, like in school? Granny - Oh no dear, I don’t go to school anymore. Annie - Well, Mom says it’s when two people kiss, but I don’t know. Granny - You don’t know? Annie - I see people kissing all the time. Mr Rogers even kisses his dog. But they only have one baby. Granny - I see. Is it a baby dog? Annie - Don’t you know where babies come from Granny? Granny - Well I think I know, but I… I’m not sure. Annie - One time I heard Mom and Dad arguing about uncle Brian, because he put something in Mom’s oven that shouldn’t be there. Then out came a baby. I always thought that was funny. Granny - Some things you don’t put ni an oven. Like a baby dog. Annie - Mrs Roscoe says that babies come from fat people, people with big bellies. She says that if you eat too much you get sad and then you get a baby in your belly. Granny - Mrs Roscoe? Annie - Yea, she’s our teacher. But she had to go to a hospital cause she swallowed a lot of keys. Granny - Keys? Annie - Yea she told us in school. She said she liked when doors stayed locked. She also told us to stay away from boys. Granny - Did she? Did she say why? Annie - No. But I guess she was afraid they would steal her keys. Granny - I think babies come from some kind of big bird. Dropping them off at the porch. Annie - Do you? That sounds weird. Granny - You think so? Well maybe not then. But it does ring a bell somewhere.