g.,
instead of _Lieber Vogel fliege weiter, nimm a Kuss und a
Gruss_, Adolph sings, _Lieber Vogel fliege weiter in die Wolken
hinein_ (dear bird, fly farther, _into the clouds_, instead of
_take a kiss and a greeting_). It is a proof of logical thinking
that he asks, at sight of the moon, _The moon is in the sky, has
it wings?_
I had been sick; when I was better and was caressing him again,
he said, _Mama is well, the dear Jesus has made mama well with
sealing-wax_. "With sealing-wax?" I asked, in astonishment.
_Yes, from the writing-desk._ He had often seen his toys, when
they had been broken, "made well", as he called it, by being
stuck together with sealing-wax.
He now asks, _Where is the dear Jesus?_ "In heaven." _Can he fly
then; has he wings?_
Religious conceptions are difficult to impart to him, even at a
much later period: e. g., heaven is too cold for him, his nose
would freeze up there, etc.
He now asks questions a good deal in general, especially _What
is that called?_ e. g., _What are chestnuts called?_
"Horse-chestnuts." _What are these pears called?_ "Bergamots."
He jests: _Nein, Bergapots_, or, _What kind of mots are those?_
He will not eat an apple until he has learned what the name of
it is.
He would often keep asking, in wanton sport, _What are books
called?_ or _ducks?_ or _soup?_
He uses the words "to-day, to-morrow," and the names of the days
of the week, but without understanding their meaning.
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