Where am I? It's so dark here, but so soft and cozy. I'm still so small, but I'm already me. But who am I? I am life. I really like this place! But I feel like I’m growing, and now my arms and legs have appeared... these are my legs. Where, I wonder, am I? We need to get out of here and take a look. But how? I no longer fit here like before, I have already grown a lot. I think there's something out there too. I really want to see everything! I see the light. It's time to go out! It's not that easy, but I can do it. I'm almost there. Exactly. I am life. I was born. Finally. And life was born in a far, far away country with a king and queen. Oh, how they and the whole kingdom rejoiced. She was immediately named Anna. This is a wonderful name for a little princess. This wonderful day went down in history and since then every year a holiday has been celebrated - Anna’s Birthday. As soon as Anna learned to speak, she began to ask. She was interested in everything. Why the sky is blue? Why is the grass green? And where did she come from? The adults answered the last question vaguely and incomprehensibly. “The stork brought you!” Mom answered once. Anna had never seen a stork, except maybe in the picture. Probably storks rarely come. What did he bring it in? What about the beak? In your bag? It must be warm there, Anna thought. So it's in the bag, but why didn't she suffocate there? You need to find at least one stork and ask him. In her picture book, a stork was drawn in a swamp. “So! I’ll go to the swamp and find out everything from the stork!” The princess put on rubber boots, so as not to get her feet wet in the swamp, and packed her backpack. And, asking permission to take a walk from the king and queen. I went to the nearest swamp. Frogs were croaking there, but not a single stork was visible. - Dear frogs, could you tell me when the stork will fly here? - Oh, princess! The stork flies here when he wants to have lunch, but it’s not yet lunch time. - Do you know, dear frogs, what time does the stork have lunch? - At two in the afternoon - Oh, no! I really need to ask him about something, but the queen will be expecting me for dinner at this very time. What should I do? Could you tell Mr. Stork that I want to meet him? Let him fly to the castle after lunch. I'll wait for him there. -Yes! Yes, of course, Your Highness! We'll tell him! Goodbye! - Thank you. Goodbye. Anna was heading home and was just in time for lunch, after which a stork flew to her castle. “Hello, Your Highness!” The frogs told me that you wanted to see me. - Hello, Mr. Stork! I need to ask you something. -I will be happy to answer any questions you have, princess! This is an honor for me! - It was you who brought me to the King and Queen? - No way - But the Queen claims.. - Do not consider it rude, but I have never been involved in such matters. It’s strange, but all the children of the kingdom are sure that I brought them to their parents. But I assure you, princess, that I have never done such a thing. - Then where do you think all these children and I came from? - I don’t know. My chicks hatch from eggs that my wife hatches. - Maybe I come from an egg too? - You’d better find out about this from your mother, the queen. - I’ll ask her again. Thank you, you helped me a lot, Mr. Stork! See you! -See you, princess. The next day Anna asked the queen: -Mom, are you hatching eggs? - No, of course. Why are you asking? - Mr. Stork told me yesterday that he does not bear children to their parents. And that his children hatch from eggs that his wife hatches. -Daughter, you are so smart. I'm sorry that I blamed everything on the stork, it's because I don't know how to explain well. - Explain as best you can. Where did I come from? - from my tummy. There you grew from a small cell, and then you were born. And now you continue to grow. - Where did this cell come from? - Your butt and I lent you ours, he lent you his, and I lent mine. So from two cells it turned out to be one. - Wow, mom! That means I’m a part of you and dad! - Yes, honey! - Mom, that’s why I love you so much! - and we love you, Anna! And the queen hugged Anna, as only a mother can.