Words
-He taught her words, a whole language. Before that, she did not speak to his kind. Not if speaking means knowing more than one word. She’d stare at him intently as he annunciated every syllable. She’d smile at him sweetly, even before he annunciated syllables for her and she began to learn words. He thought they were communicating even before she learned his language. She thought she was learning his language to communicate with him. She learned quickly. He was a good teacher. They were both motivated by what they thought. They’d spend hours together, trying to communicate. Mostly in […]