{"id":11695,"date":"2026-10-12T21:41:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=11695"},"modified":"2026-10-12T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:43:11","slug":"when-creature-met-creature_2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2026\/10\/12\/when-creature-met-creature_2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Words are beau\u00adti\u00adful, and so is silence! \u2014 Trans\u00adla\u00adtor\u2019s After\u00adword to \u201cWhen I Met Lan\u00adguage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When we become par\u00adents, we always hope our chil\u00addren will learn to speak ear\u00adly. Once they can speak, we hope they will become increas\u00ading\u00adly flu\u00adent, with a rich vocab\u00adu\u00adlary and excel\u00adlent expres\u00adsion. Chil\u00addren who can speak well are always espe\u00adcial\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar, aren\u2019t they? Because lan\u00adguage is tru\u00adly a won\u00adder\u00adful thing, a pow\u00ader\u00adful tool for expres\u00adsion and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion. Con\u00adfu\u00adcius once said, \u201cWith\u00adout study\u00ading the Book of Poet\u00adry, one can\u00adnot speak prop\u00ader\u00adly.\u201d (The Analects, Ji Shi). He empha\u00adsized the impor\u00adtance of expres\u00adsion and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion, and advo\u00adcat\u00aded for the study of the Book of Poet\u00adry. This reflects his admi\u00adra\u00adtion for poet\u00adic imagery and lan\u00adguage, as well as his empha\u00adsis on the lin\u00adguis\u00adtic and cul\u00adtur\u00adal envi\u00adron\u00adment.<\/p>\n

Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, Con\u00adfu\u00adcius once said, \u201cI wish to remain silent.\u201d He did\u00adn\u2019t want to speak any\u00admore, and Zigong became anx\u00adious: \u201cIf you don\u2019t speak, what will we stu\u00addents pass on?\u201d\u2014He felt that if the teacher did\u00adn\u2019t speak, the stu\u00addents could\u00adn\u2019t impart their knowl\u00adedge. So Con\u00adfu\u00adcius uttered the fol\u00adlow\u00ading famous say\u00ading: \u201cDoes Heav\u00aden speak? Yet the four sea\u00adsons pro\u00adceed, and all things are born. Does Heav\u00aden speak?\u201d (Analects, Yang Huo Chapter)\u2014Wow, Heav\u00aden is silent, yet it guides the chang\u00ading of the sea\u00adsons and the growth of all things. In just four sen\u00adtences, he said \u201cDoes Heav\u00aden speak?\u201d twice! So\u2026Is it bet\u00adter to speak or to remain silent?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inside pages of \u201cWhen I Met Lan\u00adguage\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When I first read John Agard <\/strong>and Kita\u00admu\u00adra Megu\u00admi <\/strong>While col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00ading on this some\u00adwhat \u201codd\u201d pic\u00adture book, I could\u00adn\u2019t help but think of this debate about words ver\u00adsus silence. The adorable mon\u00adster who first appears in the book lives in a silent world. Most of the time, \u201che\u201d (clear\u00adly male in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal text) is incred\u00adi\u00adbly hap\u00adpy, but some\u00adtimes he inex\u00adplic\u00ada\u00adbly falls into a state of icy cold\u00adness. Even worse, he can\u2019t even say \u201csad\u201d because he can\u2019t speak. Then anoth\u00ader, small\u00ader but equal\u00adly adorable talk\u00ading mon\u00adster appears. This \u201cshe\u201d (clear\u00adly female in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal text) is not only always hap\u00adpy but also has a spe\u00adcial com\u00adpas\u00adsion for oth\u00aders. \u201cShe\u201d helps \u201che\u201d learn to use lan\u00adguage; the first word is \u201chug.\u201d They embrace and live hap\u00adpi\u00adly ever after\u2026 Wait a minute! Final\u00adly, why do these two talk\u00ading beings pre\u00adfer to spend silent nights togeth\u00ader? Is it bet\u00adter to speak or not to speak?<\/p>\n

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Inside pages of \u201cWhen I Met Lan\u00adguage\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I believe that dis\u00adcern\u00ading adult read\u00aders will find unique philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal insights and humor in this \u201cstrange\u201d sto\u00adry, but I\u2019m not sure if that will be the pri\u00adma\u00adry focus for three- or four-year-old read\u00aders. They\u2019ve just gone through the process of learn\u00ading to speak, and they can\u2019t yet artic\u00adu\u00adlate or dom\u00adi\u00adnate the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion like adults. There\u00adfore, they might feel more sym\u00adpa\u00adthy for the char\u00adac\u00adter who can\u2019t speak and pre\u00adfer to expe\u00adri\u00adence com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion that does\u00adn\u2019t rely on stan\u00addard lan\u00adguage. For exam\u00adple, a four-year-old boy abroad, after becom\u00ading fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded by this book, would drag the adults in his fam\u00adi\u00adly along for a \u201ccrazy\u201d ses\u00adsion, using their own invent\u00aded \u201cbab\u00adbling\u201d instead of every\u00adday con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion, along with eye con\u00adtact, ges\u00adtures, and oth\u00ader body language\u2014it\u2019s a fun game in itself. But the illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, Megu\u00admi Kita\u00admu\u00adra, cer\u00adtain\u00adly deserves much cred\u00adit for mak\u00ading this book so appeal\u00ading to chil\u00addren, turn\u00ading the pages again and again.<\/p>\n

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Kita\u00admu\u00adra Megu\u00admi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Japan\u00adese illus\u00adtra\u00adtor, resid\u00ading in the UK, has nev\u00ader won a top award, but his pic\u00adture books have a high\u00adly dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive style and a large glob\u00adal fol\u00adlow\u00ading, mak\u00ading him a favorite sub\u00adject of study for researchers. His rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive works, such as *Arthur Is Angry*, *The Lit\u00adtle Lamb Can\u2019t Sleep*, and *Mil\u00adlie\u2019s Hat Trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion*, are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar in Chi\u00adna. Frankly, it was because of him that I ini\u00adtial\u00adly noticed this \u201cstrange\u201d book. Kita\u00admu\u00adra Megu\u00admi\u2019s illus\u00adtra\u00adtions may ini\u00adtial\u00adly seem clum\u00adsy and child\u00adlike, which is prob\u00ada\u00adbly one rea\u00adson why young read\u00aders often like them at first glance. How\u00adev\u00ader, upon clos\u00ader inspec\u00adtion, his draw\u00ading skills are excel\u00adlent; the images are beau\u00adti\u00adful, and the com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion, col\u00ador, lines, and fig\u00adures are all metic\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly craft\u00aded. The more you exam\u00adine them, the more you appre\u00adci\u00adate their beau\u00adty, and in terms of visu\u00adal sto\u00adry\u00adtelling, they are often text\u00adbook exam\u00adples.<\/p>\n

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This book is no excep\u00adtion. Kita\u00admu\u00adra Megu\u00admi has cre\u00adat\u00aded a pair of quirky yet incred\u00adi\u00adbly endear\u00ading char\u00adac\u00adters, giv\u00ading the work a pri\u00admal, sur\u00adre\u00adal feel. The pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists are set on an Eden-like island with jun\u00adgles, caves, and some\u00adtimes glac\u00adi\u00aders or seem\u00ading\u00adly scorch\u00ading envi\u00adron\u00adments in the background\u2014clearly reflec\u00adtions of their inner state. Occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly, on the same dou\u00adble-page spread, the left and right pages even depict dif\u00adfer\u00adent sea\u00adsons. In oth\u00ader words, this \u201cdirec\u00adtor\u201d changes the stage set\u00adting accord\u00ading to the mood and the needs of the plot. Under\u00adstand\u00ading this makes it easy to appre\u00adci\u00adate the many care\u00adful\u00adly craft\u00aded and inter\u00adest\u00ading arrange\u00adments in the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions. For exam\u00adple, the mute \u201che\u201d is always sur\u00adround\u00aded by a flock of small white birds, a sin\u00adgle species, but always seem\u00ading to be an exten\u00adsion of his emo\u00adtions; while the talk\u00ading \u201cshe\u201d is sur\u00adround\u00aded by a group of dif\u00adfer\u00adent kinds of small ani\u00admals, var\u00adi\u00adous col\u00adors, some run\u00adning on the ground, some fly\u00ading in the sky. This arrange\u00adment is clear\u00adly a metaphor, per\u00adhaps rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00ading that the talk\u00ading one is more like\u00adly to attract dif\u00adfer\u00adent types of friends, but the mute one may also have die-hard fans. Of course, in the end, these two groups nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly merge togeth\u00ader.<\/p>\n

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As a trans\u00adla\u00adtor, I had to face the chal\u00adlenge of lan\u00adguage head-on. The orig\u00adi\u00adnal text was a poem, with some\u00adwhat arbi\u00adtrary rhyming, but still sev\u00ader\u00adal instances of rhyme. The most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult part to trans\u00adlate was its some\u00adwhat humor\u00adous and quirky poet\u00adic qual\u00adi\u00adty; it is said that\u2026Poet\u00adic beau\u00adty is often what is lost in the process of trans\u00adla\u00adtion.<\/strong>Despite the dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties, I can only do my best. For me, the most chal\u00adleng\u00ading aspect of this book is its title\u2026\u201cWhen Crea\u00adture Met Crea\u00adture<\/strong>\u201d\u201cShould we trans\u00adlate it direct\u00adly as \u2018When Biol\u00ado\u00adgy Meets Biol\u00ado\u00adgy\u2019 based on the AI\u2019s sug\u00adges\u00adtion?\u201d<\/p>\n

The most dif\u00adfi\u00adcult word to han\u00addle is \u201ccrea\u00adture,\u201d which has at least three pos\u00adsi\u00adble mean\u00adings in Eng\u00adlish that apply to this book: first, \u201corgan\u00adism,\u201d refer\u00adring to liv\u00ading beings, includ\u00ading ani\u00admals and humans; sec\u00adond, \u201cmon\u00adster,\u201d refer\u00adring to strange, imag\u00adi\u00adnary crea\u00adtures; and third, \u201cper\u00adson,\u201d often deroga\u00adto\u00adry, but also poten\u00adtial\u00adly neu\u00adtral. Regard\u00adless of which trans\u00adla\u00adtion you choose, you will soon face the chal\u00adlenge of\u2026\u201cCrea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/strong>\u201d\u201cand\u201d\u201cCrea\u00adture-Of-Words<\/strong>\u201d\u201cThis presents a dilem\u00adma in trans\u00adlat\u00ading the main char\u00adac\u00adters: should they be trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u2018crea\u00adtures that can\u00adnot speak\u2019 and \u2018crea\u00adtures that can speak,\u2019 or \u2018mon\u00adsters that can\u00adnot speak\u2019 and \u2018mon\u00adsters that can speak\u2019? Or even \u2018silent mon\u00adsters\u2019 and \u2018mon\u00adsters that can speak\u2019? \u2014 Obvi\u00adous\u00adly, all of these are awk\u00adward!\u201d<\/p>\n

After much delib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and repeat\u00aded test\u00ading, I decid\u00aded to aban\u00addon trans\u00adlat\u00ading the word \u201ccrea\u00adture.\u201d After all, Kita\u00admu\u00adra Megu\u00admi clear\u00adly under\u00adstood the exis\u00adtence depict\u00aded in that way in her art\u00adwork; the def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion and clas\u00adsi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion are left to the read\u00ader\u2019s dis\u00adcre\u00adtion. Instead, we could try nam\u00ading the main char\u00adac\u00adters. Any char\u00adac\u00adter a child can empathize with will sure\u00adly have a name. Sud\u00adden\u00adly, \u201c\u543e\u543e\u201d and \u201c\u8bed\u8bed\u201d popped into my head. \u201c\u543e\u201d is indeed \u201cI,\u201d and adding the \u201c\u8a00\u201d rad\u00adi\u00adcal makes it \u201c\u8bed\u201d\u2014they even rhyme! The fun\u00adni\u00adest part is that when \u201c\u543e\u201d does\u00adn\u2019t speak but opens its mouth to make a sound, it\u2019s exact\u00adly \u201c\u5514\u5514.\u201d Thus, the book became *When Wuwu Meets Yuyu*. Chil\u00addren who read this book will like\u00adly find it hard to for\u00adget the title, and they\u2019ll also learn some basic pho\u00adnet\u00adic sym\u00adbols along the way.<\/p>\n

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An attempt to trans\u00adlate lan\u00adguage games into Chi\u00adnese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I believe the poet John Agard would appre\u00adci\u00adate this lan\u00adguage game, which is per\u00adhaps unique to Chi\u00adnese. This should also align with the orig\u00adi\u00adnal work\u2019s inher\u00adent metaphors and sym\u00adbols:When Wuwu was unable to use lan\u00adguage to express him\u00adself and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate, he was basi\u00adcal\u00adly self-cen\u00adtered, which was the most prim\u00adi\u00adtive form of \u201cWu\u201d. When Wuwu mas\u00adtered lan\u00adguage and could com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate smooth\u00adly with oth\u00aders, he and \u201cYuyu\u201d tran\u00adscend\u00aded the state of being com\u00adplete\u00adly self-cen\u00adtered.<\/strong>And after that,When Wuwu and Yuyu are immersed in the world of lan\u00adguage, they may advance to an even more enchant\u00adi\u00adng world\u2014a tran\u00adquil world where lan\u00adguage is so inte\u00adgrat\u00aded that it is no longer need\u00aded.<\/strong>At this point, it is prob\u00ada\u00adbly as Con\u00adfu\u00adcius said that we should tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly for\u00adget lan\u00adguage and learn to lis\u00adten to the voice of nature.<\/p>\n

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John Agard, recip\u00adi\u00adent of the Book\u00adtrust Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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You might say this sounds a bit like impos\u00ading one\u2019s will, and ques\u00adtion whether the orig\u00adi\u00adnal author had so many ideas. I\u2019m not sure if Mr. John Agard has read the Analects of Con\u00adfu\u00adcius, but he is indeed a pro\u00adfound poet, play\u00adwright, and chil\u00addren\u2019s author. Born in British Guiana in 1949, he immi\u00adgrat\u00aded to the UK in 1977 and lat\u00ader became a nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adized British cit\u00adi\u00adzen. He was fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded by poet\u00adry from a young age, but was\u00adn\u2019t a good stu\u00addent. Dur\u00ading his sixth-grade grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion exam, he could\u00adn\u2019t con\u00adcen\u00adtrate on the ques\u00adtions and wrote a poem on the back of his paper, result\u00ading in fail\u00ading the exam and drop\u00adping out. How\u00adev\u00ader, the exam\u00adin\u00ader great\u00adly appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded the poem he wrote and encour\u00adaged him to pub\u00adlish it. He did pub\u00adlish his first poem and grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly made a liv\u00ading as a poet. This tal\u00adent\u00aded poet of mixed African and Por\u00adtuguese descent, with only a sixth-grade edu\u00adca\u00adtion, is known for his pro\u00adfound social and cul\u00adtur\u00adal themes, often explor\u00ading top\u00adics such as race, nation\u00adal iden\u00adti\u00adty, and the lega\u00adcy of colo\u00adnial\u00adism with humor, satire, and imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. His famous poem \u201cHalf-Caste\u201d is a poem that reflects on racial issues. It explores the com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty of mixed-race iden\u00adti\u00adty in a humor\u00adous and satir\u00adi\u00adcal way, empha\u00adsiz\u00ading the absur\u00addi\u00adty of defin\u00ading them as \u201chalf-race\u201d.<\/p>\n

Argard received numer\u00adous awards through\u00adout his life, the most impor\u00adtant of which was the Book\u00adtrust Life\u00adtime Achieve\u00adment Award in 2021. The award was giv\u00aden to David McK\u00adee in 2020, and in 2018, John Burn\u00ading\u00adham and his wife Helen Oxen\u00adbury joint\u00adly received the award. Argard was also the first poet to receive this hon\u00ador.<\/p>\n

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In this pic\u00adture book, a col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Megu\u00admi Kita\u00admu\u00adra, Agard reveals his life\u00adlong fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion with lan\u00adguage. He clear\u00adly believed in the mag\u00adic of lan\u00adguage, and his encounter with it can be seen as a great leap for\u00adward in evo\u00adlu\u00adtion. But what\u2019s most remark\u00adable is that Agard\u2019s poet\u00adic lan\u00adguage is sim\u00adple enough for four- or five-year-olds to under\u00adstand and be cap\u00adti\u00advat\u00aded by, part\u00adly due to its dra\u00admat\u00adic flair. As a play\u00adwright, Agard him\u00adself was also a skilled per\u00adformer.There\u2019s a video online of him vivid\u00adly recount\u00ading the book; the whole process is like a one-act play.<\/strong><\/a>There\u00adfore, when adults share this book with chil\u00addren, I don\u2019t rec\u00adom\u00admend read\u00ading it aloud in the usu\u00adal nurs\u00adery rhyme style. Instead, try exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00ading a bit and adding more per\u00adfor\u00admance ele\u00adments. Per\u00adhaps this approach isn\u2019t suit\u00adable for oth\u00ader pic\u00adture books, but remem\u00adber, this is the work of the wit\u00adty and play\u00adful poet and play\u00adwright Agard.<\/p>\n

How\u00adev\u00ader, I think what touch\u00ades chil\u00addren most about this book is the expres\u00adsion of emo\u00adtions and the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion of feel\u00adings. The extreme puri\u00adty and kind\u00adness of Wuwu and Yuyu, the care and friend\u00adship between them, and the ulti\u00admate seam\u00adless under\u00adstand\u00ading and love. Yes, the most beau\u00adti\u00adful emo\u00adtions often tran\u00adscend lan\u00adguage\u2026<\/p>\n

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Writ\u00adten by A\u2011Jia on May 5, 2023 in Bei\u00adjing<\/p>\n

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[Appen\u00addix 2: Enjoy the orig\u00adi\u00adnal Eng\u00adlish text]<\/p>\n

The orig\u00adi\u00adnal Eng\u00adlish ver\u00adsion of this book is a beau\u00adti\u00adful and dra\u00admat\u00adic poem. The full text is tran\u00adscribed below for poet\u00adry lovers and those inter\u00adest\u00aded in trans\u00adla\u00adtion. A YouTube link to the author\u2019s own full read\u00ading (with a per\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive ele\u00adment) is also avail\u00adable:Sto\u00adry\u00adtime: John Agard reads When Crea\u00adture Met Crea\u00adture<\/a><\/p>\n

When Crea\u00adture Met Crea\u00adture<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Agard<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

I was hap\u00adpy to be fur\u00adry.<\/p>\n

And nev\u00ader in a hur\u00adry.<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

They would lie gaz\u00ading at the sea.<\/p>\n

Just lying there with\u00adout a care.<\/p>\n

Or play\u00ading with peb\u00adbles.<\/p>\n

Throw\u00ading them into the air<\/p>\n

wish\u00ading they\u2019d burst like bub\u00adbles.<\/p>\n

Since Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

lived in a world of no-words,<\/p>\n

he would\u00adn\u2019t know to say HAPPY!<\/p>\n

He\u2019d sim\u00adply flap his arms<\/p>\n

like the wings of the birds<\/p>\n

and car\u00adry on gaz\u00ading at the sea.<\/p>\n

When Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

had just eat\u00aden some\u00adthing tasty,<\/p>\n

he would\u00adn\u2019t know to say YUMMY!<\/p>\n

He\u2019d sim\u00adply lick his bristly lips,<\/p>\n

pat the fur of his tum\u00admy,<\/p>\n

Then do a triple back flip!<\/p>\n

And on a freez\u00ading night<\/p>\n

curled up beside a burn\u00ading log,<\/p>\n

He would\u00adn\u2019t know to say FIRE!<\/p>\n

It was enough just to feel snug.<\/p>\n

O to feel that warm\u00ading glow creep\u00ading<\/p>\n

into his sleep\u00ading and dream\u00ading!<\/p>\n

Some\u00adtimes, for no rea\u00adson at all,<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words would get this feel\u00ading,<\/p>\n

this feel\u00ading like the chill touch of ice.<\/p>\n

This made Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

thump his chest, beat his head once, twice,<\/p>\n

lift his eyes towards the far clouds<\/p>\n

Yet, from his lips would come<\/p>\n

a deep-down bel\u00adly-groan GRRRRRR!<\/p>\n

The look on his face<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019d dare look him in the eye<\/p>\n

you\u2019d see a lit\u00adtle tear gath\u00ader<\/p>\n

Like a rain\u00addrop from the sky.<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words could sense<\/p>\n

some\u00adthing was real\u00adly un-mak\u00ading his day.<\/p>\n

But SAD was not a word he knew how to say.<\/p>\n

One day who should spy<\/p>\n

him with her lit\u00adtle see-far eye?<\/p>\n

Who else but Crea\u00adture-Of-Words?<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-Words was also<\/p>\n

Hap\u00adpy to be fur\u00adry.<\/p>\n

And nev\u00ader in a hur\u00adry.<\/p>\n

Now, Crea\u00adture-Of-Words<\/p>\n

lived in a world of words<\/p>\n

and loved to speak them out loud.<\/p>\n

When Crea\u00adture-Of-Words<\/p>\n

She splashed her\u00adself into the sea.,<\/p>\n

She\u2019d shout,<\/p>\n

HAPPY! HAPPY!<\/p>\n

When Crea\u00adture-Of-Words<\/p>\n

I had some\u00adthing nice to eat.,<\/p>\n

She\u2019d shout,<\/p>\n

TREAT! TREAT!<\/p>\n

When win\u00adter brought the shiv\u00aders,<\/p>\n

she\u2019d rub her palms in front of a flame,<\/p>\n

close her eyes and say, AH! FIRE!<\/p>\n

And that day when she\u2019d spied<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words thump\u00ading<\/p>\n

his chest, shak\u00ading and beat\u00ading his head,<\/p>\n

and had heard him groan\u00ading<\/p>\n

that ter\u00adri\u00adble bel\u00adly-groan GRRRRRRR!<\/p>\n

she\u2019d sensed his sad\u00adness with no word said.<\/p>\n

There and then Crea\u00adture-Of-Words<\/p>\n

She formed her arms into a cud\u00addle<\/p>\n

and moved towards Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words,<\/p>\n

say\u00ading all the while, HUG! HUG!<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words stood there puz\u00adzled<\/p>\n

and gave what looked like a shrug.<\/p>\n

Crea\u00adture-Of-Words then hugged her\u00adself<\/p>\n

And repeat\u00aded, HUG! HUG!<\/p>\n

as she moved<\/p>\n

clos\u00ader<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

clos\u00ader.<\/p>\n

This time Crea\u00adture-Of-No-Words<\/p>\n

He heard him\u00adself say,<\/p>\n

HUG!<\/p>\n

And the two crea\u00adtures did just that.<\/p>\n

From that day the two of them lived<\/p>\n

togeth\u00ader in a house where words also lived,<\/p>\n

which was all well and good.<\/p>\n

But when they\u2019d both had enough<\/p>\n

of words falling on their ears<\/p>\n

there was noth\u00ading they enjoyed more<\/p>\n

than a no-words night beside the fire.<\/p>\n

Stroking each oth\u00ader\u2019s fur. Just lis\u00adten\u00ading<\/p>\n

to sweet silence after a long rain.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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