I walked into that one…

I’ve been nose down, working on the new Nano to the point where I’m getting myself in trouble. Example: Early this morning before school starts, I’m trying to get a few last minute words out and Ethan comes up to me with a question.

“Dad, what animals lay eggs?”

“As far as I know, birds and some lizards.”

“What about mammals, do they lay eggs?”

“No Ethan, mammals do not lay eggs.”

“So where do babies come from then?”

I sat there in my chair and realized that I had walked into a conversation that I didn’t want to have with Ethan, not at age six. So I did the one thing that every man does when asked this very question by their extremely curious offspring.

“Go ask your mother.”

There… problem solved. Back to writing the book.

Peter