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To: Rambi who wrote (23337)	4/27/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Molly- 5- is still coming up with some STRANGE things. She insisted she wanted to wear a tinkertot. (of course I thought she meanr tinkertoy- and assumed my daughter was just a nut, like me) After telling her kindly that we don't wear tinkertoys, my daughter looked at me like I was insane, and went and pulled out a tank top. God knows how she came up with tinkertot. We must speak horrible english for tank top to sound like tinkertot.

To: Rambi who wrote (23337)	4/27/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

Nick started talking later, and when he did, he used complete sentences. I wrote it all down, but I don't remember it. He is much more articulate than Ben. People do a double take when he talks to them for the first time, like maybe they wonder briefly if he is a midget. Last night, he was looking over my shoulder, and saw your post about "Call me Ishmael." I started to tell him what it was, and he said, in a calm and well-modulated voice, "I know what it is. It's the first sentence of the novel, Moby Dick, by Herman Melville." I tried not to drop my jaw. "Shasi" must have something to do with the way Ben pronounced "f" because "shashi" was "french fry" which has two "f"s. I remember I would have to translate for him to Chris. Ben would get furious when Chris didn't understand what he was saying.