When asked, "Where is
Tick-tack?" she looks at the clock on the wall. A piercing scream is an
utterance of joy. In the fifteenth month, _Apapa_ is her word for
grandfather, and is roguishly used for grandmother. She says _aben_ for
"haben" (have), _tatta_ for "Tante" (aunt), _apa_ (for _uppa_) means "I
want to go up." Her imitation of what is said is very imperfect, but her
understanding of it is surprising. In the nineteenth month she makes
much use of her hands in gesture instead of speaking. _Kuker_ is her
word for "Zucker" (sugar), _bildebu_ for "Bilderbuch" (picture-book).
But she habitually calls a book _omama_ or _opapa_ (from the letters of
her grandparents). Clara is pronounced _clala_, Christine, _titine_. In
the twentieth month, her mother, after telling her a story, asked, "Who,
pray, is this, I?" and the child replied, "_Mamma"_ "And who is that,
you?" "_Bertha, Bertha_" (the child's name) was the answer. At this
period she said, _Bertha will_; also _paren_ (for fahren, drive),
_pallen_ (fallen, fall), _bot_, (Brot, bread), _atig_ (artig, good,
well-behaved), _mal_ (noch einmal, once more), _muna_ (Mund, mouth),
_aujen_ (Augen, eyes), _ol_ (Ohr, ear), _tirn_ (Stirn, forehead),
_wanne_ (Wange, cheek, and Wanne, bath-tub), _aua_ (August), _dute_
(gute) _mama_, _paesche_ (Equipage), _wasar tinken_ (Wasser trinken,
drink water) _dabel_ (Gabel, fork), _luessel_ (Schluessel, key), _is nits_
(ist nichts, is nothing), _mula_ (Milch, milk), _ass_ (heiss, hot).
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