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.
HOW CURIOUS – he finds himself crouched ‘neath a tree , one sprouted along the sidewalk . it has dropped not one but two acorns , these things he has never seen before . he gently touches one with the very tip of his finger , carefully rolling it forward and then back but only a LITTLE ‘fore deciding to pluck it from the ground to observe more closely . “ . . this is ? ”
———THE MAN BLINKED FROM HIS NEWSPAPER. it was a rather curious sight which had found him. holding open his palm, the man inspected the stranger’s find as if it intrigued him just as much. was there some kind of joke he had missed?
❝ if i’m going to be honest with you, i forgot how to say it in english? ❞