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baloonworld) wrote2007-03-16 08:05 pm
baloonworld) wrote2007-03-16 08:05 pm
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Before school jam
`Thank you for taking time to see us Mrs Woodlock'
`That's fine; we have a policy to make time for any parents who have concerns about their children'
The discussed various matters concerning the teaching of young infants for a while. Then Father said
`There's just one more thing. You see, my daughter.'
The head teacher glanced at her notes.
`Zombina.'
`Yes. She suffered and unfortunate mustard-gassing incident while we were in Korea, when she was three.'
`Mustard gas.'
`Her NBC suit tore. One of those million-to-one things. Of course the positive pressure helped and we got her out of there very quickly.'
`NBC'
`There was a certain amount of damage to her larynx, so her speech is a little bit slurred. You get used to it very quickly, but I thought her teacher should be told so they aren't too startled.'
`I'm so sorry...'
`The doctors say that she's young enough that she should recover; the important thing is to not make a fuss so she doesn't develop some sort of psychological hang up about her own voice.' lied father further, adding, more honestly, and in the privacy of his thoughts: `Especially once people start talking to her in normal English.'
`That's fine; we have a policy to make time for any parents who have concerns about their children'
The discussed various matters concerning the teaching of young infants for a while. Then Father said
`There's just one more thing. You see, my daughter.'
The head teacher glanced at her notes.
`Zombina.'
`Yes. She suffered and unfortunate mustard-gassing incident while we were in Korea, when she was three.'
`Mustard gas.'
`Her NBC suit tore. One of those million-to-one things. Of course the positive pressure helped and we got her out of there very quickly.'
`NBC'
`There was a certain amount of damage to her larynx, so her speech is a little bit slurred. You get used to it very quickly, but I thought her teacher should be told so they aren't too startled.'
`I'm so sorry...'
`The doctors say that she's young enough that she should recover; the important thing is to not make a fuss so she doesn't develop some sort of psychological hang up about her own voice.' lied father further, adding, more honestly, and in the privacy of his thoughts: `Especially once people start talking to her in normal English.'
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