This Is Just The Beginning

I thought I'd teach her the sign and the spoken word for book today, since she seems to like books so much. So when she opened her favourite farm book, I kept repeating the sign for book and saying book aloud to her. She stared intently and I could see her trying to form the word with her lips; they were moving not quite so subtly and I could just see the gears in her mind going at full speed.

Finally, with a great gust of breath, "Pow!" she burst out.

"Book," I said.

"Pow!" she retorted again.

"Boo-ook."

"POW!"

Good girl!