I found a book in the library with lots of pictures called... [Pause.] "Mama, Do You Love Me". And the people have funny clothes and one of them is really big and fat. And there's a part where the girl I think says, um... "What if I turned into a... p-polar...? polar bear, and I was the mmmeanest bear you ever saw and I had sharp, shin-ee shiny ( Read more... )

[The transmission begins with a heavy-sounding hardcover book thumping shut.]How fascinating! I had no idea such literature existed-written in such a beautiful language, no less! I find Russian to be a much lovelier language than English. The words just flow together, sort of like lyrics to a song. English is rather abrupt, wouldn't you say ( Read more... )