Chapter 15 – Looking after English children

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It’s Wednesday and Isaac is already in . Elisabeth is asking Rosa a lot of . “Where’s ?”

“You know where mummy is.”

“Where’s ?”

“You know where daddy is.”

“Where’s your daddy?”

Rosa does not want to this question. Her father is , but what can she say to a small child with her bad vocabulary?

“My daddy’s in the ?” Rosa answers.

“Is he a ?” Elisabeth asks. Rosa does not want to continue this .

“No, he isn’t a pilot, but we’re pilots and we’re going to three times round the living room, out of the living room into the hall, up the stairs, along the , past your daddy’s door, into your and you’re going to right on your bed.”

“Where are you going to land?” Elisabeth wants to know.

“I’ve got to do many before I land and you’re going to help me. We’re going to fly all the way to the . Then we’re going to wash your aeroplane’s and clean all its little .”

“Don’t be silly,” Elisabeth says, “Aeroplanes don’t have teeth!”

“Well, you’ve got very nice !” Rosa tells her. “First, we’re going to them. Then, I’m going to land on your bed and tell you a !”

“I don’t want a story!” Elisabeth says. “I want to ask you another !”

“But I want to you a story,” Rosa answers. “It’s good for my English! You can my mistakes!”

“Mummy and daddy don’t make mistakes when they read me stories!”

“That’s because English is their first . My mummy and I live in and our first language is Spanish!”

“Why does your daddy live in the and what language does he ?” asks Elisabeth.