I was sitting at the desk, typing away, while watching my niece and nephew on the small screen via Facetime.
It was 3pm in China. An, my niece, was up close to the camera, while Fei was pretending to be his favourite cartoon character Detective Black Cat, waving a wooden pistol and circling the living room. He was singing lines from the cartoon. I tried to have the attention of Fei. He ignored me.
An had slightly messy hair. She was telling me about the snowman she built this morning while holding a Polaroid of it. While she was talking, I can see that she lost one of her front teeth. She looked comical without that tooth, and she sounded funny. She pressed the Polaroid to the camera. The screen went dark, and I couldn’t see a thing. I asked her to pull it back slightly. The snowman has a head and a slightly bigger body, two eyes made of buttons and nothing else. I asked if she would like to give the snowman some limbs. She declined and said that she likes to keep it simple.
An had slightly messy hair. She was telling me about the snowman she built this morning while holding a Polaroid of it. While she was talking, I can see that she lost one of her front teeth. She looked comical without that tooth, and she sounded funny. She pressed the Polaroid to the camera. The screen went dark, and I couldn’t see a thing. I asked her to pull it back slightly. The snowman has a head and a slightly bigger body, two eyes made of buttons and nothing else. I asked if she would like to give the snowman some limbs. She declined and said that she likes to keep it simple.
Fei was still running around in the background, now with a different gun, one that makes noises. An decided that was too loud for her, ran to him and tried to turn off the sound. An was in her usual fifty-shades of pink, from head to toe. Her skirt has glitter on it. I haven't seen it on her before.
Fei refused to comply and got even louder. They started to argue but I couldn't quite make out what they were saying. Their communication got slightly physical. It’s time to call in the parents.
Fei refused to comply and got even louder. They started to argue but I couldn't quite make out what they were saying. Their communication got slightly physical. It’s time to call in the parents.
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