Silly Monkey Stories #33 – Juan’s Anatomy

01/Dec/2002 – Juan (4) and Carolina (5)

Carolina announces that ‘she knows’ what is inside the human body. She surely learned this at school that day, we thought.

She begins to enumerate in her broken Spanish:

- Blood… honey… (‘miel’ in Spanish)

- You mean ‘skin’ (‘piel’ in Spanish)… (Gaby comes to the rescue)

- Yeah, that… bones… flesh (which in Spanish is the same word than ‘meat’)

Juan built up his nerve and decided to pitch in:

- Eggs… (which in Spanish is the same word than … I guess you can get the idea)

We couldn’t determine whether he thought that his sister was now talking about food, or if he did know what she was talking about and was being just a nasty boy… :-)

Later on, Gaby asks Caro ’And what else do we have in here?’, touching her belly. Carolina replied:

- A baby…

Two months later, she would be right… :-)

Juan and Gaby in late 2001 – Juan y Gaby a fines de 2001

01/Dic/2002 – Juan (4) y Carolina (5)

Carolina nos comenta que ‘ya sabe’ qué cosas hay en el cuerpo humano. Seguramente es algo que aprendió en la escuela ese día, pensamos.

Comienza a enumerar en su castellano difuso:

- Sangre… miel…

- Querrás decir ‘piel’… (corrige la madre)

- Sí, eso… huesos… carne…

Ahí se envalentona Juanito y agrega:

- Huevos…

Nos queda la duda de si pensó que la hermana ahora estaba hablando de comida, o si sabía muy bien de qué se trataba y es un grosero… :-)

Para terminar la cosa, Gaby le dice a Caro ‘Y qué más tenemos acá?’, tocándose su panza. Carolina respondió:

- Un bebé…

Dos meses más tarde, tendría razón… :-)

Caro in late 2001 – Caro a fines de 2001

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