Out of the mouths of babes (sort of)
Apropos of nothing except a stray memory, a bit of doggerel based on a conversation between my wife and son about a quarter century ago (fused with a misperception of my sister's, about a half century ago):
Human Beans
"Before I was born, what did I do?""It's hard to say--you weren't yet you.""Where did I wait? Did I stand or sit?""Don't know. You weren't anywhere yet.""Well then, where did I come from?""You grew from a seed. Inside Mommy's tum.""Inside Mommy? What did I do?""Just rested and waited. And grew and grew.""Grew? Like the bean plant out of the bean?""Exactly." --"And so I'm a human bean?""Exactly."--"And you were a seed that grew?"I was. And everyone else was, too.""And when you die, are you planted--like new?""Maybe. I think so."--"I think so, too."