Media 72

Reading: Nina Weger, Die sagenhafte Saubande. Kommando Känguru, 108-112.

The second main human character, Polly "Hinkebein," has just been introduced. 

J was very interested in her explanation of how she came to have a non-functioning kneejoint—the result of an infant strep infection that was diagnosed too late. He asked me to demonstrate what limping (hinken) looks like, then proceeded to limp around the living room, then to lie flat and demonstrate how Polly probably swims.

Another interesting thing about Polly is that she has a no-nonsense attitude about her handicap, consciously and cleverly deploying it to her own advantage. She calls it her Behinderten-Bonus. She's an appealing character. She also uses a good bit of slang. J loves it that she calls money Mäuse. That is, five hundred euros = fünfhundert Mäuse. 

Update 2.12: Mäusezählen mit den Mäusen