ssary that one should meet the female egg in order to
impregnate it.

The shape of the male principle, or spermatozoa, is exactly like a
little tadpole, and you no doubt recall that a tadpole has a minute
tail, the movement of which enables it to swim around. So has the
spermatozoa, and by the incessant movement of this microscopic tail they
all move upward as soon as discharged by the male. I told you that God
gave the male-germ life. It is necessary now to explain the character of
this life. It is very brief; it is estimated that they are active for
two hours, and then become inactive, or die. The best way to explain the
brief activity to your daughter, is to liken the spermatozoa, to a
mechanical toy, which is wound up to go for a certain time. After it
runs out it becomes inactive; this is exactly what happens to the little
human tadpole. If during this brief life none of them has happened to
reach the female egg, pregnancy does not take place and menstruation
occurs. On the other hand, if this were not so,--if these spermatozoa
were active for a longer period, pregnancy would almost be certain to
take place every time the womb was not already occupied with a
pregnancy.

TELL THE WHOLE STORY.--When a mother reaches this stage of the wondrous
tale she will be asked by an innocent girl,--"How do these spermatozoa
get there?" or, "You have not told me where these tadpoles came from"
or, "I don't understand how these spermatozoa got into the vagina" or,
"I don't know why you call these the male egg when they are in mamma."
It does not matter how it is expressed, the intent is plain enough. I
have said, that an innocent girl will ask this question, the implication
being that one who is not innocent will refrain from asking this
question. A girl who knows the answer will not ask, because, if she is
familiar with this subject before her mother thinks it wise and proper
to tell her, she obtained her information from a source which, most
likely, insinuated a suggestive, or evil, meaning into the explanation,
consequently she would be afraid, or ashamed, to ask the question. An
innocent girl, on the other hand, would rightly ask for information
which is obviously kept back, and which she has a right to know, since
a complete, and intelligent understanding of the story depends upon the
elucidation asked. If it is proper to tell part of the story, it is
essential to tell all of it. Tell it in your own words in this way:

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