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“Words are the Daughters of Earth…Things are the Sons of Heaven”

12 May, 2006
Posted in: Princess

Snap

Me: Stop pulling that elastic or it will snap and hurt you.

Her: Like a puppy that hasn’t been trained?

Me: Same word, different context.

 

Ball

Her: Daddy bought a ball?

Me: Yes, in the supermarket.

Her: A ball??

Me: Yes.

Her: Where, where is the ball?

Me: It’s in the hall.

Her: A ball for dancing?  A swirl of colour and a swell of music?

Me: Oh no, sorry sweetheart, a ball for bouncing and throwing.

Her: Ah, same word, different context.

And re the title, yes, we’re having a Samuel Johnson week, is there a problem with that?

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  1. pog says

    12 May, 2006 at 16:20

    Brilliant – as per.

  2. Beachhutman says

    12 May, 2006 at 19:17

    Where DID that child get her inate intelligence and grasp of language?

  3. Katja says

    13 May, 2006 at 11:13

    ‘A swirl of colour and a swell of music’ is fantastic.

  4. kristin says

    13 May, 2006 at 17:21

    i’d love to see my child and your princess play together. i’m envisioning the hunchback of notre dame (my wee one) and esmerelda (yours, of course) “Grunt, grunt ..”

    i know she must take after her parents, but the way she talks i wonder how you two converse when you’re at home. in middle english?

  5. belgianwaffle says

    17 May, 2006 at 15:12

    Pog, thank you.
    BHM, modesty forbids etc.
    Katja, Kristin, you should know that this is a quote from the Cinderella book that she found in her grandparents’ house, produced in California ca. 1975. It also boasts the wonderfully cheesy line “Lovely lady, may I have this dance?”

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