Molly is already doing her morning stretches, her husband is fast asleep, when the alarm “drrrrllll” “ugh… five minutes more”, meantime 20 minutes pass, Molly knows he should get up “…ugh, I think it is really time for him to get up (he will be late)”, she thinks. She says “Time to get up!”, nothing. She pull his legs out of the blanket “come on my dear, get up. you have to go to work or you will be late”, “sorry to wake you up, but–” he is now awake enough to answer “ok, ok”, but he looks still sleepy, and thinks “I just want to come back to sleep”, and she looking at him think “oh, he is not yet up to get up”.
They went to shopping during winter holidays. At the mall, there is holiday music. Elizabeth to Isa: “what do you think of this?” showing her a decoration. Isa: “Nice! put it in the cart!”. Mom notices the cart is full: “hey, don’t you think you are buying a little bit too much? look at the cart, it’s full”. E: “Come on, it’s holiday time–” Isa: “yeah, don’t be a grinch!”. Mom looks a bit annoyed and says: “alright, alright!”, she thinks: “festivita’ di stupidita’……” while dad thinks “can’t stand these holidays.”. Isa says “can we have this?” with a grinch-green teddy bear in her hand, parents says “of course.”
Teenager Elisabeth is undecided whether to show her work or to keep it a secret: “This is too clear. Clearly i’m in love. Should I just hide this one lyrics? I really like this one, I don’t want to hide it. Should I show it? No! or maybe yes? Just throw it away! it is safer. Maybe show it to my sister?” so she went to her little sister Isa who is reading with their baby brother. E: “Hey, wanna read this?”, looking courious, Isa reads. Elisabeth thinks “i suppose it is too late now”. Isa: “It is beautifu!!! it is the best song I ever seen! it is so dreamy and unique. You are a very good songwriter” She runs away saying “It is so beautiful you should show it to mom and dad! come on, don’t be so shy, believe in yourself! Mom, Dad!” E: “No! wait!” and thinks “why have I shown you?!?”, she looks alarmed “no way they will be fooled by this. They will understand everything. Should never have shown it to somebody else. How will they react? how many questions will I have to answer? I should never have written it down! oh, no! Isa is too young to understand, but mom and dad are not! why are you behaving as a kid?!? (she refers to Isa being much younger) I guess it is too late…. Stupid me!” . Mom and Dad “oh, hey hello!”, Isa “read this!”, Mom and Dad “what is this?’, Elisabeth thinks “please don’t kill me”, Dad: “”I think you write beautifully (at least as far as I understand)”, Mom: “Ya, thank you for letting us read it”, Isa: “Told you so”…. Elisabeth is surprised: “what?!? have you read it? they seem totally unaware….. phew!! good, I’m glad they did not investigate further. Can’t believe I’m safe……..”
3 girls are playing, they all have a role. Princess: “My dear friends, our kingdom is in danger! we did not find everything to make the anti-dragon potion. We need to find: all-clean, lumi-powder, and enchanted water….. oh, and magical dust, in order to beat the bad-dragon and save the enchanted land” Fairy: “I! I will save the enchanted land! I will venture in the fairy woods and find all! Princess, don’t be afraid!”, the Fairy venture in the fairy woods, looking in the closets for the stuff they need. After she found what they need, she gets back: F”I’m back! I have all needed! bad-dragon, watch out!!” P: “ooh, my dear Fairy Thank you! you saved our kingdom”, Now the Witch is making the anti-dragon potion in a cauldron and saying stuff. It is actually just a cup and a spoon. The Princess declares: “Now it has to be leaved in the dark for a thousand years”, the girls put the cup under the bed and the Witch (the older one) thinks: “mhh… used coffe grounds, milk, soap? leaved for days under the bed? will not start to rot?”
3 girls discussing their grades, Katy is black, Ely is white, Sakura comes from Japan. Katy “Grr, Stupid school!” “Ely what did you got?!” Ely: “I got straight A, why?” K: “because I got C, I can’t believe! I’m pretty sure I did mostly correct, grrr” E: “ok, let’s calm down and compare the anwswers” K: “ok”……….K: “see?!? same answers! this is not fair!” E: “yeah basically the same…” Ely looks once more confused Katy C Elizabeth A+ “mhhh……..” Katy: “it’s all about skin color!” Ely thinks: “it cannot possibly be. There are rules”……. E: “come on, racism is not just about color, also eye shape! Sakura what did you get?” Sakura: “B” “I was surprised, I could not understand the questions” Ely is even more puzzled: Sakura B, Katy C, Elizabeth A+ “eek?” S:”it is not my fault! the questions were written in a confusing way!” “You try to answer math questions in Japanese!” K: “still you got a better grade!” E: “this is not fair at all!” K:”does not matter (how much I could read) I’ll always get bad grades!”
Yay! Stella got an aqua toy phone as a gift! she is so happy! She shows it to everybody she get a chance, first her neightbour. Stella: “Hi!! look I’ve a new phone! I can call imaginary friends (I have a lot)” Neightbour: “mhhhh, a phone specifically to call imaginary people…. is that an i-phone?”. At home she exitedly share the news with mom and dad: “Hey you all! I got a new phone!” Dad: “that’s a toy phone” Stella:”yes, but it is still very useful to call imaginary friends. Look, I will call right now” “Beep, Beep… hello?” “Hi it’s Stella, how are you? long time no hear” imaginary friend: “hi so nice to hear from you! good how are you? we miss you since our departure” Stella: “I just got a new phone! Lets keep in touch” i-friend: “yas keep touch thank you for let us know” S: “bye” “this is my friend from Aldebaran”, Jessie: “You cannot just call Aldebaran. It’s60 light years away, get over it, kid” S: “I can! i-phones use tachyons to communicate. Why real people think I am stupid just because I am a little bit silly?” Dad: “there are no tachyons, it is just a theoretical concept”
Side note: i is the imaginary unit in mathematics = square root of -1, tachyons are theoretical particles that travel always faster than light, they do not interact with ordinary matter. If they exist, they have an imaginary mass.
A group of girls surround a boy. girl1 “no one will ever want you”, girl2 “yeah, you are ugly and scary” girl3 “and too weak! and weird” boy: “hey, that’s not true!” girl1: “you are not able to judge by yourself! you are crazy!” bullies’ chorus “crazy, crazy, crazy!” the boy runs away sobbing, while the bullies high five each other: “well done!”. Ava “grrrr, what’s wrong with them?”, going to talk to them: “he is not crazy, you are! look at yourselves, how you behave. Do you think it is proper to mock a little boy? shame on you!” girl1 “no, for real, he is. Look at his medical records if you don’t believe us.”. They keep saying they were kidding and defending themselves: “you think you are cool or strong? well you are not nice” girl3 “I’m strong” girl2 “no you are just fat” girl1 “I’m cool” girl2 “I am cute and nice”. Thinking at the medical records, Ava “oh, sure ADHD maybe. Half of the class has it”, girl3 “I tell you he hear stuff, like, not real stuff”. Ava is a bit confused and says nothing. Instead she goes to check on the little boy, still sobbing: “hey, you ok?” she sits beside him and try to talk “Hi! I’m Ava!” he says nothing, but stops crying…… Ava:”which class are you in?”……boy: “…..2th grade” Ava: “I’m in 4th”…….. Ava:”……umh, nice to meet you!” boy: “….. Nice to meet you” Ava: “bye”
