Where Do Babies Come From Olive is a curious girl. It's not that she's peculiar in any way, she just loves to ask questions. By asking grown-ups 'who?', 'what?', 'when?', 'why?' and 'where?', Olive often learns some very interesting things. For example, one day Olive asked her father "Why does Uncle Joe have a beard? She learned that when little boys grow into big boys, hairs begin to sprout from their cheeks and from their chins. If the hairs aren't chopped off they grow long and thick and curly. "Yuk!" Olive said. "Thank goodness that won't happen to me" Then there was the time at the supermarket checkout. "Where is that beep-beep-beeping noise coming from?" Olive wondered aloud. The pretty lady at the till leaned over and explained to Olive. "That sound you can hear is the computer reading the barcode" said the lady pointing one of her painted fingernails to a box of stripes on the side of a loaf of bread. Another time, when she was visiting grandma, Olive wanted to know "What makes sweeties so scrummy?" Grandma told her all about things called 'tastebuds'. "Tastebuds are very small creatures that live on your tongue." Grandma said "They tell your brain if something in your mouth is yummy or yucky." Yes, Olive did like to ask questions and loved learning new things, but there was one question that seemingly no grown-up was able to give her a straight answer to. "Where do babies come from?" Olive first asked this question to her father during breakfast and he in turn, instantly choked and sprayed toast crumbs all over the table. "Well, you see. The thing you need to know about babies is that they, um... Have you spoke to mum about this?" "No." answered Olive, noticing her dad 's face was now the same colour as the strawberry jam on his plate. "Well, I think you should talk to mum really, because it's mums who, um... that is to say that babies are delivered by..." Olive's dad swiftly took a swig of tea and shot up from his chair. "Delivered?" asked Olive "You mean like when you order something online?" "Sorry, pumpkin." said her father in a panic "I'm late for work!" And with that he ran out the kitchen, slammed the front door and left Olive feeling more curious than ever.
