KAFU.

_{INTRIGUED is he  ,  inching closer with acorn placed very gently into their palm .  he does not KNOW what english exactly is  ,  again  ,  he is but an alien   –   one relatively NEW to earth .  the concept of multiple languages existing on one planet seemed IMPOSSIBLE .  “  . . english is ? ”  &&  he then plops down next to them  ,  STARING with wide eyes .}

                         _{———WHAT WAS MORE CONFUSING THAN THE STATEMENT, was the fact he didn’t sense the other was lying. folding his paper over, the man held out an article before the stranger. it outlined the fiscal deficit and what it meant in relation to their trade partners; dull enough but above an elementary level of reading comprehension.}

       _{❝ i’m sorry, can you read this to me? ❞}