Play time

As I was sitting doing my homework my soeur d’accueil, Yaelle, who is 8 years old, came into my room looking serious. “Are you doing homework? Because I want to play with you.” I was doing homework, but being the procrastinator that I am I figured it would be much more fun to play with an 8 year old French girl. She handed me a pretend telephone and explained that she would have one part in her room and I would have the other in mine. She went back into her room, which is across the hall, and soon my phone rang. “Allo, bonjour….” I had to ask her to bring me a dossier, and then she came into my room, gave me a piece of paper and said that I could call her when I was finished. She left for her room and announced in a narrator’s voice that it was the next day. I called her and told her that I had finished and she came and picked up the dossier.
I had gotten the principle, so we moved to the next level. She called and invited me to have some tea in her room. I walked across the hall. We exchanged bisous, and she sat me down, and offered me tea, cake, and a tic-tac. I left again for my room, with the promise that I would be called again soon.
This is where things got difficult. Without any warning, I became 2 people. She called Hannah 1 and asked if I wanted a dossier, and then said she had another friend on the line and she would call me back. The other friend on the line was also me. Except that she called both of me Hannah, so that I was never really sure who I was and what I was supposed to be saying. And then of course she called one of me, and asked me what it was a wanted. So I got some good work done on my creative/improv reflexes. I had a feeling that this could go on for several hours, so I finally had to end it by saying that I did really have some homework to do. I am, however, awaiting me next phone call.