So my dear daughter has decided to learn a new language.
Galician... aka Gallego.
Um.
Yeah.
It's a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch in northwestern Spain, and it was extremely difficult to find any learning software online... but after reading a book called "The Princetta", she is now obsessed with learning how to speak the language that kept popping up in the intriguing chapters.
Needless to say, she finished the book which took her like two months because it is HUGE with its 50 chapters and 430 pages!
We all found out that the story had come to a tragic end when we heard her crying uncontrollably and went rushing to her aid.
I thought she had fallen, or hit herself with something... but when we saw her sobbing and embracing the book, we just knew.
My children are into reading and literally living and experiencing what they read as if they themselves were part of the story.
So it wasn't that much of a surprise to see her sobbing over a book, because it has happened before. One exception, though. This time around she was determined to do something about it!
"Mom! The book can't end like this! It just can't! He can't be dead! Orpheus! How can he be dead?" She sobbed... her tears and mocos flying all over the place while my mother rushed to get the Kleenex box from the dresser.
"That's it! I am writing a new ending to this story. It will NOT end like this!" So after venting about it all, Claudia got up, sat on her computer and began to type her new ending.
After several hours she had already written four more chapters to the story, and Mom and I had to hide to laugh because although we hate to see Claudia so broken over a storybook, we couldn't help but be amused at her resolve.
Several months ago, Books A Million had a dollar sale and somehow among the bulk of miscellaneous books they had in a huge crate, Claudia managed to pull out this one.
The cover was very "Narnian" looking, so I kind of knew why Claudia was intrigued by it.
I'm quite sure that in this new ending, Orpheus doesn't die, and somehow they all live happily ever after. Perhaps Claudia has learned that not all stories have happy endings.
It's been an adventure, though.
Now I can't help but be curious about who Orpheus is, and why my daughter is now so passionate about learning "Galician".
Tonight after some delicious warm tea, I think I'll settle down and embark on this grand adventure myself. LOL.
Time to meet Malva and Orpheus and learn a little Galician. :)
