Where Did We Come From?


          Her mother finished reading her a bedtime story and tucked little
     Julie in.  "Sleep well tonight, little  one," she said to her daughter
     of five.

          "Mommy?" little Julie asked, "Where did I come from?"

          Knowing  this day would come, she  was surprised it came so soon.
     Pulling a chair up,  she sat down  and said, "Julie,  that is sort  of
     difficult to  answer but I am  going to explain  it to you the  best I
     can."

          After 15 minutes  of excruciating detail, she  finished, although
     she was blushing just a little and hoping her daughter didn't notice.

          "So, honey,"  she said,  after taking  a deep  breath.   "Do  you
     understand now where you came from?"

          "I guess so, mommy," the little girl said.

          "Well," her  mother said  a little frustrated,  "do you  have any
     questions about what I explained?"

          "No," she yawned,  pulling the covers  up to her  chin.  "I  just
     wondered where  I came  from.   Sally, next  door, said  she was  from
     Kansas City."