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New Word a Day
84 MiSSSisss WaSShington
has her own rules.
85 She makes me memorize
one new word a day
and practice it
ten times in conversation.
86 For every new word
that sticks to my brain
she gives me
fruit in bite sizes, drowning in sweet, white fluff;
biscuits with drops of chocolate small as rain;
flat, round, pan-fried cakes floating in syrup.
87 My vocabulary grows!
88 She makes me learn rules
I’ve never noticed,
like a, an, and the,
which act as little megaphones
to tell the world 91 I pout,
whose English but MiSSSisss WaSShington says
is still secondhand. every language has annoyances and illogical rules,
89 The house is red. as well as sensible beauty.
But: 92 She has an answer for everything,
We live in a house. just like Mother.
90 A, an, and the September 16
do not exist in Vietnamese
and we understand sensible A sensible rule is one that is simple and shows
each other just fine. good judgment.
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