You go, girl.

March 26, 2008
carolee
About Cara

Cara’s teacher related the following conversation to me, which occurred in front of the bathroom in the classroom as Cara was coming out and a little boy was going in:

Boy: “I have a penis, and you don’t.”

Cara: “No, I have a vulva.”

Boy: “No, you have a ‘gina.”

Cara: “No, I have a VAgina, and a vulva. And a BUTT,” which she slapped for emphasis. Then she turned on one heel and marched off to wash her hands.

The little boy was left standing there blinking, wondering how he had suddenly lost this game.

3 Comments

3 Responses

  1. Penny  •  March 28, 2008 @8:20 am

    I absolutely adore cara!! (have I said that before?)

  2. Penny  •  March 28, 2008 @8:23 am

    ps check out Doris Lessing’s ‘Cleft’–she got the Nobel Prize for literature this year and this book is pretty much about the origins of this particular conversation!

  3. Tracy  •  March 31, 2008 @2:35 pm

    I can’t tell you how many times I heard this story in the lunch room. She had to tell each teacher in turn. Still funny! And I still can’t get over the “pumpkin-tine” story!