A sad parting of friends, 2007-05-31*

She was telling this story while strapped in her car seat, looking at a tiny 8 page infant board book about turtles. The story she tells however far exceeds whatever content was in the books pages :P

(Shouting) "THIS.. IS.. a huge LARGE CREATURE that doing that!
Help! HEEELP! HEEEEELP!" said baby
"We're stand in this place
We must get out of this place
HELP! HEEELP! HEEEELP! HEEEEEELP! HEEEEEEELP!
We must go out from this place!
HELP! HEEEEELP!"

(Interrupted by someone talking to her. Continues with the same book after the interruption).

T for turtle
The turtles won, the turtles saved the day
Turtles!
Turtles swim through water
Turtles swim to the other turtles
Have to be found
On the land
"You, you went, you went to see the other turtles, about that
Turtle alright..
Hundred men that go, many don't have to"
(Sighs) "You haven't get it!"
"You mean you don't have to"
"You, you must, you must, you, you, you.. the turtles eat dinner"
"Now that I'm looking at fifty ringgit
The turtles can get dinner.. this one!"
"Please can get... when? When, when, when this all (indecipherable) comes..."
"SO! SO!" (Singsong voice) "Did.. you.. turn.. round?..
You must, you must see the turtle
But not live in the sea
You might get wet and your clothes, your clothes might get wet"
So they don't get in the sea
"When you go in the sea, you go in might get wet
So, you must stay on the land"
"Ohhhkayyy....MOMMY!"
"Your mommy say you must stay on the island
You must not stay in the sea
You, you, you have to, you have to wear your swimming suit
Look, when you drop on the water, not to wear something, something I don't know"
"Some getting you, red turtle... that's the turtle.. TAAAALK!
Getting you just now!
And the TURTLE GET YOU already!"
"You must, you must be going, but not in the zoo
And daddy says you have to come in to sleep
But the swimming suit, it's, it's, it's dirty
You don't swimming after all
Because the swimming suit is dirty
You can wear the, the, the YELLOW thing
Because mommy made for you already
You can wear that!"
AND...
"I don't know that.."
"May I sing...that song,
(Sings enthusiastically) THAT YAYA THING by your head is just,
Baby, went for the thunderstorm (still singing)
When till you will get is in...(still singing)"
Baby said, "You must holding my (indecipherable)
(Singsong voice) "Uhmbahpee!
Pumpy jumpy jump!
(Sings) Tumpy dumpy..."
"Baby must go... because... baby must go", said the turtle
"THE TURTLE MUST NOT GO!"
(In a very small, sad voice) But the baby said, "Sooo sad! Lost the turtle!"
(Click HERE to listen to Bethany telling this story, from "May I sing" above to this point)

He lost the turtle becaaause..
He don't want to go home...
Becaaause.. he....
(Sounds like about to cry) "I must, I must, not go today... because after all..."
(Very small voice) And baby says, "baby's going home"
The, the turtle feels very sad also (still sounds like about to cry)
(Really sounds like almost crying) "Baby, baby be sad also... she must go home!
(Very faint)You mmmuuussst go away on the seashore..."

Baby come! And said... "you must, you must go home little guy"
"(Indecipherable) one day I will"
And baby said, "(indecipherable) one day I will too, because baby saaad...
Let's sing on the beach... there's mud on the beach...
And there nothing to do", said baby
(Sounds like crying again) "Yes... come to hiiis, his home, but he... let's have something so cold
Get the pink little container over here baby
And take it home..."