A few days ago while reading Das große Mammut-Buch der Technik we came across this image:
J asked about the falling winged figure on the left, and I gave him a thumbnail account of Icarus. He mused for a second, then pointed to the angels on the right and said that they were probably going to rescue Icarus. When the Icarus story came up in the Greek myths today, he listened with great attention — it really is fabulously written and narrated — then brought up the matter of the angelic rescue again. We agreed that there was probably a version of the story where the boy is saved by angels.
For my part, I couldn't resist pointing out to J that Icarus should have listened to his daddy, but in my defense I will say that my main motivation was less parental-moralistic than linguistic, since it was a chance to use the subjunctive with a double infinitive:
"Tja, der Ikarus: Er hätte auf seinen Papa hören sollen, nicht wahr?"
Later we also looked at some Icarus art:
The doctor audiobook was also timed serendipitously, J himself just having gotten over a brief illness. At every turn he was interrupting and saying: "Das ist mir auch passiert!" "Genau das habe ich auch erlebt!" etc. His vocabulary for vomiting is pretty impressive, and he enjoys trotting it out. Meet 'em where they are, I say.
Total audio 2015: 35.49
Total video 2015: 63.01
Age 5.7.28
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