A Traveler's Generic Phrase Book and Novel

by Shirley B. Trew

Friday, March 9, 2012


POST #19—NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

What are those big red things on that tree?
What are those little plants with the blue berries?
What are those big vines with the yellow flowers?

We want to see the butterflies.
We want to see the crocodiles.
We want to see the water lilies.
We want to see the reindeer.

We want to see the water buffalo.
We want to see the llamas.
We want to see the emus.
We want to see the tulips.

We want to see the killer bees.
We want to see the bougainvilleas.
We want to see the warblers.
We want to see the orchids.

How far are the reindeer/water lilies from here?
Where are the butterflies/crocodiles?
Are the water buffalo/tulips here?
Didn't he say that the water buffalo/tulips were here?
Are those the llamas/warblers over there?
No, they are reindeer/orchids.
I don't see anything.

Maybe the ostriches/killer bees don't come here this time of day/year.
Part of the World for Cheapskates says this is the experience of a lifetime.
Can you see the llamas/crocodiles when it is raining/snowing?
Can we walk on foot to see the tulips/crocodiles?
Can you take us to see the antelopes/banana trees?

Will you wait for us here while we look for the butterflies/tulips/wildebeests?
Where is that man with the truck?
Where is that man with the bus?
Where is that man with the cart?
Where is that man with the donkey?
Didn't he say he would wait for us here?
Did you pay him already?
I said, did you already pay him?
Maybe he's waiting over there behind that hill/tree/hut.

Is there a village nearby that we can walk to from here?
Do you have any post cards of the crocodiles/butterflies/tulips/reindeer?

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