[130] THE MAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A PANDA

I liked the idea behind this piece.

He had to have it, his mother told him.

This sets the scene as an opening sentence. I'd prefer if it would start in a stronger way. Also, the fact that it is his mother speaking makes me think the narrator is a kid.

He dreamed of the panda’s tiny eyes opening inside him, the doctor’s wide incision

We're almost getting into the realm of horror in the next paragraph. Instead of getting the wonders of child birth explained to us, we are left with a fairly graphic image.

his bit part in the history of the future.

I like the idea being expressed but I feel like it could be said in a better way. "He would be included only as a footnote for historians" or "his only sentence in the history books"

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