![]() ![]() ![]() However, to this day Angeline remembers saying octopus. In fact, they couldn’t remember ever saying octopus at all. They realized it had to be a coincidence because, after all, Angeline had never seen an octopus, and they couldn’t remember ever saying octopus in front of her. She said that Angeline was only making simple baby noises- ock and tuh and puss-and that it was just a coincidence that it had happened to sound like octopus to Nina’s untrained ear.Īngeline’s parents were satisfied. She told them that they had absolutely nothing to worry about. It was she, the doctor, who said it was preposterous. They turned and looked at Angeline, who lay peacefully sucking her thumb.Ībel called the doctor because, well, he didn’t know what else to do. Wha’d she say? asked Angeline’s father as he rushed into the living room, where Angeline lay in her crib.Ĭome on, Nina, urged Abel, what did she say? Nina, Angeline’s mother, was the one who had heard it. It was the first word she ever said, which was why it was preposterous. ![]()
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