08.24.2008
I'm Sawwy
Today I hand delivered a sincere note from Goblin to a little boy, apologizing for biting him. It was on engraved stationery. The little boy is Alex, the younger of two sons adopted by a gay couple in our neighborhood. Yesterday, while I was chatting with his fathers, Alex tried to grab Goblin and pulled back a bloody stump. Or that’s what you would have thought had you heard his ear-splitting wails; she actually barely broke the skin on one of his knuckles.
Alex is Vietnamese and his big brother is Chinese, but both are being raised bilingually in English and German. I am in no small amount of awe of this entire situation. I just hope Goblin’s apology is accepted at face value and that a child raised amongst the harsh vowels and guttural consonants of the Teutonic language doesn’t start asking pragmatic questions about how a dog got a hold of engraved stationery.
posted by
David at 11:48 PM
"Children are to be seen, not bitten." You were probably zoned out when they taught that lesson in third grade. Hopefully Goblin doesn't feel too bad about it. Even a lady will strike back when her ears are pulled. Hm, that plants an X-rated image into my mind that would make a pretty fun logo for Goblin's stationery, though not one suitable for children.
posted by:
Schaef on 08.25.2008 at 5:21 AM
German isn't that harsh... I think it's prettier than French, at any rate. Point is, I bite children too.
posted by:
goblinbox on 08.25.2008 at 3:16 PM
Children are full of germs. I hope Goblin rinsed her mouth out with Listerine.
posted by:
Curtis on 08.25.2008 at 9:40 PM
Schaef: Goblin was using the house stationery, which has a different logo on it.
Goblinbox: Everyone who likes German bites children in their spare time.
Curtis: The last time Goblin used Listerine, she had eaten someone's vomit and licked a rat on the same evening walk. A child is probably comparable to both of those combined, now that I think of it.
posted by:
David on 08.27.2008 at 8:29 PM
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