WUNS A PO NU TIME…

You might be wondering, what language is this? Don’t worry..… it is English and the first story written by my younger daughter Pari.

Last week, her teachers sent home her class book for review by parents. She was very eager to show the stories she wrote. She opened the book and told me to read. First of all, I didn’t get what she wrote…. then realized that I should read with her mind… which is equipped with only letter sounds, short vowel and a bit of long vowel rules… and of course some sight words. If you are parents to school going kids or familiar with phonetic rules, you know what I’m talking.

So ready to read the story?

Wuns a ponu time there was a prite gril but a wich want to cil har so she sent a hunter and he went so he so the gril but the gril was were cind so the hunter put his gun down and then he told to the prinsis so the hun tuer tolde to the wich that I cood int finde the prinsis the end.

Trust me, even I had hard time reading the story. But Pari read it so fast.... I was just looking at her face in amazement. Liked the way she told “ THE END”.

One word that really made me laugh is GRIL (GRILL ;-)). But when I read with her mind, she is absolutely right. She knows that there is R in GIRL and it is silent, but she doesn’t know where to place it... all she knows is GIRL is pronounced as GIL.

OK… here is the story translation:

Once upon a time, there was a pretty girl, but a witch wanted to kill her. So she sent a hunter and he went. So he saw the girl, but the girl was very kind. So the hunter put his gun down and then he told the (same) to princess. The hunter told the witch that I couldn’t find the princess. THE END.

After two days, she wrote another story. But this time she upgraded GRIL to GIRL :-).

And this translates to:

Once upon a time, there was a girl lived in a garden. But she was pretty and she was kind and she was also good. But she went to her garden and there was a lion. But she didn't know that it was friendly. So she saw the lion and they became friends.

Even though there were so many mistakes, truly admire her CONFIDENCE and then asking me “maa, can you tell me the words that are wrong...” :-).

I started learning English alphabets in fifth grade and all words were mostly sight words with no idea of phonetic rules. I know, now I’m correcting her…. after few years, she’ll correct me ;-). It’s a great learning curve for me too. Kudos to her teachers who encourage them to pen down their imaginations without fear.