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"I don't get it" Henry said to Ton as they sat on Rocky watching Bandit chase imaginary things in the grass.
"Me neither" Ton huffed, "She sounds like a right nutta."
"No, I mean why was it a problem is she stands up or sits down to pee" Henry said as Ton canted his head to look at him, "I mean…we all have to pee, right?"
"I think it's because she pees with a hose like us, her outtie" Ton said grandly, "Girls had an innie, boys an outtie. Like belly buttons. Girls don't have willies."
"But Babs does"
"Cos she got the wrong body by accident ya numpty" Ton giggled happily, "But she isn't the only one to get the wrong body. Some boys get girl bodies too."
"Huh" Henry said softly, "How come we have to have innies and outties anyway. Would be better if we all have the same then."
"It's because of the toilets" Ton said with a knowing nod, "Imagine if we all had to stand. All that pee. Gosh, it would be everywhere. Up the walls and on our shoes, all of us at the urinal at the same time at recess."
"Then we all should sit down with innies" Henry decided.
"Ah! See that's a trick" Ton waggled his finger, "You know girls have to get naked to pee?"
"What?"
"No outtie so it doesn't poke out their pants like ours." Ton made motions with his hands at his crotch, "They have to get naked on the bottom bits and sit to pee."
"Is that why girls line up for the loo like that" Henry sighed as it all made sense, "They take longer coz they got to get dressed again."
"Yeah and if we all sat down there would be rows and rows of loos coz we can only sit one at a time" Ton grimaced, "Who would clean all those loos?"
"Ew" Henry huffed, "Not me!"
"I think us boys have outties cos we like to talk while we pee, we can still do things together" Ton surmised, "Girls sit down because they have to wear those shoes that hurt their feet."
"Gosh, that sounds about right, I tried to wear mum's but I kept falling over, they are not easy" Henry said with wide eyes.
"Taddy can" Ton said with glee, "Daddy has some too. Ask them, they can walk in heels better than Mama Chrys."
"Yeah?" Henry asked with surprise, then grinned, "Mama said innies and outties make babies coz the outtie goes in the innie and puts the baby in the belly."
"Must be why it's called an innie." Ton said with his own surprise, "Well, there ya go then."
Both boys watched the dog as they contemplated what they had learnt today.
It all made perfect sense now.
