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13 November, 2004
Posted in: Mr. Waffle, Princess

Princess is taken from the bath. “Fish, fish” she says to me. “Where’s that plastic fish?” I ask her father. “Don’t know”. “Poisson, poisson” she says to him in increasingly unhappy tones. “Look” I say “have this”.� It’s a little container. “It’s not a fish” says Mr. Waffle. “No but it has a picture of a fish on the bottom” I say. “No, it hasn’t” he says. I point to the picture of a whale on the bottom. “Yes, I know” he says “but that isn’t a fish, it’s a cetacean”. “A what?” I say. Princess�claws for the container. “You know, a mammal. Whales are mammals, like dolphins”. Princess looks at him with an arrested look and he says to her “une baleine est un grand mammifère”. “Maifer” she says to me solemnly, pointing at the whale.

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lauren35on 15 November 2004 at 20:26

Just to confuse her even more, tell her that “papa est aussi un grand mammif?re” …

poggleon 16 November 2004 at 12:28

You got me giggling, again, waffle. I love the princess.

belgianwaffleon 16 November 2004 at 14:33

Mike, I like that approach a lot. Lauren, your suggestion also has a lot going for it. Pog, am sure your laughter is sympathetic.

Bobbleon 16 November 2004 at 14:49

Has she started doing your cryptic crosswords yet?

poggleon 16 November 2004 at 15:25

Of course it is, waffle. Sympathetic and awestruck.

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