The Story
Mr and Mrs Fash have two children, a boy and a girl and they tried to instill
in them good moral character.
One day their son Olu, who is five, came home from school and asked a question that left both parents stupefied.
Olu: Mommy, Daddy what is a penis?......
Both parents did not know what to say, but in order to please him the father answered....
Mr. Fash: You see that umbrella in the corner ?, that is what a penis is.
Olu: But, Daddy, that was not what Kayode said it was in school.
Mr. Fash: Would Kayode know more than I do ?
Olu: I guess not daddy.
Two days later, Olu came home and asked his parents another question......
Olu: Mommy, Daddy, what is a vagina?
The parents were once again surprised that a five year old would come back home from school and ask such questions from them, so they answered like good christians......
Mr. Fash: Olu, you see that doll that your sister is playing with, that doll's name is vagina....
Olu once again accepted his parents answer.
About a week later, Olu came back from school and asked another question.
Olu: Mommy, Daddy, what is screwing?
This time around the parents were really upset that the teachers at their children's school are not really teaching the children good morales, but in order to make Olu stop asking them the question over and over again, replied him.
Mrs. Fash: Olu my son, you see when people sleep, we say they are screwing.
Olu accepted his mother's answer thinking adults know all.
But all the false answers the parents kept giving their son backfired one rainy day when their pastor came to visit.
Knock, Knock
Since the parents were in their room sleeping, and only Olu and his sister were in the living room, Olu answered the door. The pastor had his umbrella with him.
Olu: Good afternoon Pastor.
Pastor: Good afternoon my son.
Since the Pastor's umbrella was dripping water on the floor, Olu said...
Olu: Pastor I think you should go hang your penis at the corner over there.
The Pastor was flabbergasted, thinking what kind of Christian home this was, but he didn't say anything.
Pastor: Olu, where is your sister?
Since his sister was in the Den playing with her doll, Olu replied....
Olu:She's in the Den playing with her vagina!
The Pastor was again surprised and getting uncomfortable since he knew that Mr. and Mrs. Fash were a God fearing couple and he asked for them to tell them his experience with their son Olu.
Pastor: Olu, my boy, where are your parents?
Since both parents were in the their room sleeping, Olu replied the Pastor as his parents had told him
Olu: Mommy and Daddy are in their room screwing!
The Pastor left in such a hurry he forgot his umbrella behind.
The Message:
No matter how difficult the question, we should explain things
to children the best way we can so that whatever we tell them will still keep
them morally right. Because most things we Africans are afraid to tell our children, they learn in school anyway.
Let this be a lesson to us all.
Submitted by Tolu Wright (A.K.A. Ajoke Ade)
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