A language from beyond

Moon Gonch!

The moon is gone? It’s daytime—time for the sun! You’ll see the moon in the evening again.

Oh wow. Waiju do block?Elmo?

Yes you can play blocks after you watch Elmo.

EllllMo!! (hug hug, and Elmo dolls starts to giggle and laugh)

You want to watch Sesame Street with Elmo—good idea! Just don’t touch anything that I cleaned up already OK?

TV, Elmo!

(A long silence—too long for comfort. In some cases no news/noise is not good news/noise. Situation warrants inspection)

Oh no you can’t do that—you can’t put the talcum powder all over to clean up the place with! This is talc—expensive, shimmering, face talc—not a house cleaning agent. Besides I just cleaned up!

Wita,wita, oh yeah.

Right, you put it on your face. No no—not all over your face—oh well, now you look like a ghost.

Peetty. So peetty, yeah?

If you say so, yes you look pretty even though you’ve plastered the talc over your head too—I love you.

I zobie too. Brrr…Meawo

You love me too and you want water and your milk? I got the water but got to get the milk from the store.

Bebe bebe bebe, Na na na na na na. Oh hi!

Well—never figured that one out!