Captain Marvel: My Mother (BOOK I)

Chapter 27

  " The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. "

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

(Six Months Later: Rouen, France)

In the morning, Karena decided to help Carol in teaching the Kree-Lizard boy in having his French lessons. The boy seemed to be interested and wanted to learn more, since he couldn't communicate and understand the language. After Carol's sessions with him, the boy had a hard time to read and pronounce the words and phrases which he got used to speak in English like anyone else. For him, he felt being lost in translation which he couldn't understand any word, but he tried his best to learn and cope up.

Karena used some picture words to let him read and pronounce every word correctly. Even he found some of the letters unusual, the hybrid was very determined to make it well. Somehow, the French lady found him as a fast learner for a beginner like him. He could easily read, speak, and write the language from several days into months. Even Karena strictly ordered him not to speak in English during French class, he had no choice but to obey the rule.

Finally, he was able to express himself in French which his second teacher conversed with him. The elderly half-Kree woman was observing from the doorway as she got pleased to hear her son communicating the language of love.

" Mademoiselle Lesproux, à quelle page dois-je commencer à travailler? (Miss Lesproux, which page should I begin working?) " the Kree-Lizard hybrid asked, holding a pencil on his left hand.

" Vous commencez à écrire aux pages 35 à 36. (You start writing on pages 35 to 36.) " she answered and assisted him on the pages which he should start working.

" Écrire des paragraphes? (Writing paragraphs?) "

" Non, vous écrivez un essai sur l'endroit où vous voulez aller. Vous devez écrire 1 à 3 paragraphes. (No, it's writing an essay about where do you want to go. You need to write 1 to 3 paragraphs.) "

" Je pense que je peux le faire. (I think I can do this.) " the hybrid confidently smiled and thought of any places.

" Génial, vous pouvez commencer à écrire! (Great, you can start writing!) "

The hybrid began scribbling and composing his words into sentences. He never missed any word or punctuation which the boy wanted to complete his essay. Although he erased some misspelled words or unworthy additions to his composition. Karena and Carol waited for him to finish.

" So, how is he? " the elderly half-Kree woman asked. " Did the French Only Policy work for him? "

" At first, he was complaining he had a difficult time to remember how he can say. "

" He used to do that when I was teaching him how to read and write. "

" But surely, that discipline made him more focused and willing than before. It really worked! " she chuckled. " Actually, I caught him reading aloud a French article about Captain America. "

" Oh, that magazine he has been keeping! " Carol grinned. " Well, this Kree-682 clone is surely a First Avenger fanboy. He stared asking so much questions about him. Then, I answered those which he got satisfied. to learn more. "

" Now, that explains why. Also, he began to listen to an old French jazz music. "

" No wonder why he asked Jared and Allen to fix the old phonograph in his room last time. It was several months ago when he and I spent cleaning in the attic. We found some dusty long playing discs of various singers and musicians from the past. He was curious of how they would work. Then, I told him it must be rusty or broken. But thanks to his friends, he was very happy to make it work. He listened to different kinds of music. "