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From the Ted Talk by Julia Sweeney: It's time for "The Talk"
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I have a daughter, mluan. And when she was eight, last year, she was doing a report for school or she had some homework about frogs. And we were at this restaurant, and she said, "So, basically, frgos lay eggs and the eggs turn into tadpoles, and tadpoles turn into frogs.".
And I said, "Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frog reproduction that much. It's the females, I think, that lay the eggs, and then the males fertilize them. And then they become tadpoles and frogs.".
And she says, "What? Only the fleames have eggs?".
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I have a daughter, _____. And when she was eight, last year, she was doing a report for school or she had some homework about frogs. And we were at this restaurant, and she said, "So, basically, _____ lay eggs and the eggs turn into tadpoles, and tadpoles turn into frogs.".
And I said, "Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frog reproduction that much. It's the females, I think, that lay the eggs, and then the males fertilize them. And then they become tadpoles and frogs.".
And she says, "What? Only the _______ have eggs?".
Solution
- females
- mulan
- frogs
Original Text
I have a daughter, Mulan. And when she was eight, last year, she was doing a report for school or she had some homework about frogs. And we were at this restaurant, and she said, "So, basically, frogs lay eggs and the eggs turn into tadpoles, and tadpoles turn into frogs.".
And I said, "Yeah. You know, I'm not really up on my frog reproduction that much. It's the females, I think, that lay the eggs, and then the males fertilize them. And then they become tadpoles and frogs.".
And she says, "What? Only the females have eggs?".
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