The bees and the flowers

Morris asks his son, aged 10, if he knows about the birds and the bees.

``I don't want to know!'' the child said, bursting into tears.

Confused, the father asked his son what was wrong.

``Oh dad,'' he sobbed, '`at age six I got the 'there's no Santa' speech. At age seven I got the 'there's no Easter bunny' speech. Then at age 8 you hit me with the 'there's no tooth fairy' speech! If you're going to tell me now that grown-ups don't really have sex, I've got nothing left to live for!''

Vocabulary Help

son: filho
aged 10: de dez anos de idade
birds: pássaros
bees: abelhas
child: criança
bursting into tears: explodindo em lágrimas
wrong: errado
sob: soluçar
Santa: Papai Noel
speech: discurso
easter bunny: coelho da páscoa
tooth fairy: fada dos dentes
grown-ups: adultos
nothing left to live for: nenhuma razão para viver

Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,

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