Come Together (with video)
A friend of mine asked me to play a special prayer for her on my new drum. So today I went to a nearby field (full of dandelions, which I love) and stood among them to play the prayer. I put my digital camera on the ground under me and the drum, to record the prayer to send to her. No sooner had I started playing than I heard enthusiastic, excited little giggles behind me. It turned out to be two Chinese children ("Hannah", about 7 or 8 and "Kevin", about 6) who had left their mother and run across the field when they heard the drum. Lucky thing my camera was on, so I ended up recording what they started to do ...
Afterwards, I was putting the drum back into its backpack. The two children stood staring at me with fascination. Then Hannah proudly said: "We speak Chinese."
Me: So can you teach me to say something in Chinese?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he doesn't want you to go.
Me: What does he want me to do?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he wants you to stay.
Me: Stay and do what?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he wants you to play your drum.
Me: Okay.
(I pull back out the drum and start to play and they start to dance. Less than one minute into the drumming/dancing ...).
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says you can go home now.
Me: So can you teach me to say something in Chinese?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he doesn't want you to go.
Me: What does he want me to do?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he wants you to stay.
Me: Stay and do what?
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says he wants you to play your drum.
Me: Okay.
(I pull back out the drum and start to play and they start to dance. Less than one minute into the drumming/dancing ...).
Kevin: (says something in rapid Chinese)
Hannah: He says you can go home now.
3 Comments:
Gosh, this is lovely.
that is beautiful babes....i'm glad that you are having a great time.
obe
hee-hee! funny story.
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