They rarely talk in their sleep. The nurses even say that, sometimes, they do not even wake up at all.

"Radiation has made those infants grow to the size of a fully grown German shepherd," Dr. Flip explains to the crowd. "Please do not feed them with your bare hands. Please do not look at them directly in the eyes." Then he motions for one of the attendants to close the door behind.

Dr. Flip distributes several souvenirs — a mug containing the hospital's logo, casts of one of the giant baby's umbilical cord, and pamphlets with information about irradiation. Maximize the growth potential of your offspring, it says on the cover. The tour continues. Someone, possibly the bald man who is about to sneeze, has been led away. Expectant parents hold hands, smiling at each other like old turtleneck sweaters which sag at the right places.