One of the great joys of living with Emi is getting to overhear him imagine his way through an extemporaneous narrative. I have added a transcript for the following two-minute excerpt from one such adventure (see below).
Act One: Without the Apes
Hmmm, we can’t wake them up! Can you guys wake them up? Mommy said, No, we can’t wake them up. ‘Cause we know him, said those trees. We live in Emi’s house. Oh! Emi’s watching us? . . .Oh! Who put it there? No . . . Daddy. Oh! Daddy. Who’s Daddy? Mommy. Oh! . . . Is Mommy put it? Daddy did. There’s Daddy. Did you put that? No, Mommy did. Where is she? She’s upstairs, sleeping. Who’s she putting to sleep? She just put somebody to sleep. Without the apes. Nina--Oh! And Pablo--Oh! He said.
Act Two: Not a Good Thing to Do
. . . you can, you can go to, you can be very quiet.. . . open, Pablo’s door open . . . Pablo always open Pablo’s door, but you can’t do it because Emi’s sleeping in the couch with Pablo . . . wake him up. So . . . Daddy! What? Go away from this house, go with Pooh Bear. He’s alone. And he’s, he’s so sad. Oh! Silly Rabbit. I don’t want to go there. I want to stay here, with you. No, Pablo’s sleeping and you waked him up. I did! Yes! It’s not a good thing to do. . . . It wasn’t!
5 comments:
this is truly a joy. i am speechless. we loved it at my house.
this is truly a joy. i am speechless. we loved it at my house.
I love to hear his stories. They are amazing. You will often hear things YOU have said so you better watch out! Love, grandmother
Emilio es nuestro "cuentacuentos" oficial.
Una hermosa conexión entre Rabih Alameddin autor de "El contador de historias", nuestro Hablador andino, que escuchamos en Otavalo, nuestro payador gaucho, los vendedores en los autobuses porteños, el hablador de Marraquesh, los disertadores de Londres y NY.... ¡Que gran mezcla de culturas y pueblos!
Besos
La abuela
¡Perdón! Me faltaba agregar las dotes oratorias de Steve y la imaginación de María José
La abuela
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