I\u2019ve been teaching second grade for about fifteen years, and in that time I\u2019ve heard plenty of interesting stories during show-and-tell. I always let students bring whatever they want\u2014pet turtles, model airplanes, photos of fish they caught\u2014anything that helps them get comfortable speaking in front of the class. One day, however, a very bright and outgoing girl named Erica waddled to the front with a pillow stuffed under her sweater and a picture of an infant in her hand. \u201cThis is Luke, my baby brother,\u201d she announced proudly. \u201cAnd I\u2019m going to tell you about his birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n
She explained that first her mom and dad made him \u201cas a symbol of their love,\u201d then her dad \u201cput a seed in Mom\u2019s stomach\u201d and Luke grew there for nine months, eating through an \u201cumbrella cord.\u201d The class watched in amazement while I tried my best not to laugh. Erica then began acting out the story, groaning and waddling around the classroom to imitate her mother going, \u201cOh, oh, oh!\u201d around the house when the baby was ready to come.<\/p>\n
Then she told us her dad called the \u201cmiddle wife,\u201d the lady who delivers babies. Acting everything out, Erica lay against the wall like her mom in bed and suddenly shouted \u201cPop!\u201d to describe the bag of water breaking everywhere. With dramatic gestures and sound effects, she explained how the \u201cmiddle wife\u201d told her mom to push and breathe while everyone counted.<\/p>\n
Finally, she proudly declared that her baby brother came out covered in \u201cyucky stuff from Mom\u2019s play-center,\u201d and that the \u201cmiddle wife\u201d even spanked him for crawling up in there in the first place. After finishing her performance, Erica took a big theatrical bow and sat down while the class burst into laughter. I\u2019m pretty sure I applauded the loudest\u2014and ever since that day, I always bring a camcorder to show-and-tell, just in case another \u201cmiddle wife\u201d story comes along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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