Tongues
by carolynholm
Dear Mommy,
I can speak in tongues.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I don’t think you know what that means.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
It means I speak many languages.
Love Mia
Dear Mia,
Well, no it doesn’t. And I don’t think you do.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I speak Feline and English, for starters.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
That is pretty much the default around here.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
But I also speak Armenian.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
I seriously doubt that.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I’ve learned it from listening to Dad speak Armenian. I know “Eench gah chi gah.” There. See?
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Do you even know what that means?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Not really. It’s what Dad says when Puffin saunters into the room.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
It’s kind of slangy. Basically, it means “’Sup?”
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
That’s good to know.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Okay, you know one sentence of Armenian. Do you know more?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
No, but I also know Arabic. I know “Bezoon.” That’s what Dad likes to call me. It means cat.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Ok, you know one word of Arabic.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
I know Italian. “Ciao.” You say that all the time to your friends.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
So you know one word of Italian.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
And French. I know “bon appétit.” That’s two words. And “Pah!.” Puffin says that. And he says “toujours le sarcasm.” So that makes six French words that I know.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Pah isn’t really a word. And technically speaking, you are spelling sarcasm the English way.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Ok, four words in French. That’s still a lot. And I know Japanese.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Come on, you don’t know Japanese.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
“Sushi.” I know sushi. I LOVE sushi. The fish part of it, anyway. I don’t care for the rice part of it.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Fair enough. Are there any more languages you think you know?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
That’s seven languages. That’s probably a record.
Love, Mia
Dear Mia,
Usually when people master a language, they know more than one word.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Mommy,
Now you are just being technical.
Love, Mia
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