This evening I took a trip down memory lane. I read Postman Pat to a three year-old Dutch kid. It was in English, but his Dad’s American, so he’s being brought up bi-lingual. I hope the Northern English accents were appreciated – I can’t do Lancashire very well, so he had to put up with my best Barnsley impressions.
Earlier on, he also showed me his toy train collection. This was instigated by the opener: “Ik heb een James.”
“Well, that’s just great. Would you care to tell me what a James is?” Cue entrance of James from ‘Thomas the tank engine’ stories, closely followed by: Percy, Harold, Spencer, Thomas and Gordon. Annie and Clarabel weren’t available for viewing; after all, why have carriages when you can have engines instead?
I see another toy he’s holding. “What’s that?”
“Scrambler. Van Bob the Builder.” We sang the theme tune together. Good times.
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