At school – Break time.

We were just chatting, minding our own business, when Ai Lin dropped a bomb.

Ai Lin: Have your parents ever told you how we were born?

Me: Pa said I was pooped out of the toilet.

Ai Lin: I heard pregnancy hurts, though.

Me: Yeah. They probably thought Ma was pooping out an atomic bomb.

Everyone froze. Then collectively sweated.

Ben: My mum said she pooped the entire place, and when she finally pooped me out, I slid away and almost crashed—but luckily, a nurse caught me!

Me: So instead of a water slide, it's a poop slide!

Ai Lin: Free admission.

Chris: No height restrictions either!

We clapped in agreement like a proud audience.

Chris: I was found in a rubbish dump. Apparently, I was adopted.

Ben: Good thing the rubbish truck wasn't scheduled that day.

Ai Lin: Or else we'd never have met.

Me: Our friend group wouldn't be complete without any of us.

For a rare second, silence fell—until Daniel piped up. 

Daniel: A stork delivered me to my parents' doorstep.

Ai Lin: Wow, so you already flew before you could even walk. Awesome.

We clapped again.

Chris: What happened to the stork after that?

Daniel shrugged.

Ben: Your family didn't… eat it, right?

Me: Poor stork.

Chris turned to Ai Lin. 

Chris: What about you?

Before she could answer, a shadow loomed over us.

We turned.

Miss Ting stood there with a rolled-up book and the look.

We gulped.

That day, everyone got 'bao' on their heads.