Mrs. Tilley : The mother frog lays the eggs. When the eggs hatch out comes a tadpole. When the tadpole grows back and front legs, it's called a froglet. Finally, it's tail is absorbed into it's body and it is an adult frog. Then the adult frog lays eggs again, that's why it's called a life cycle.
Abby: Do boy frogs and girl frogs lay eggs?
Mrs. Tilley : No just the girl frogs. They're like people, only the girls have babies.
Abby: Then what's the boy frog for?
(Yes, we did go there.)
Mrs. Tilley: He fertilizes the egg.
Abby: Oh. What's that mean?
(oh crap, we're really going to go there)
Mrs. Tilley : Well it's like chickens. Chickens lay eggs all the time. Sometimes the eggs are fertilized by the boy and then the eggs hatch and there are baby chicks. Sometimes the eggs are not fertilized and we eat them for breakfast.
Abby: Giggles (in a knowing way.)
Some days I love my job....and some days I pray to God that I can answer the next question out of my kids mouths without getting fired!
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