Saturday, April 05, 2003

Bence. Look, did you see that?
Ferenc. What?
Bence. Out there. Did you see the flash of lightning?
Ferenc. Lightning? What is that?
Bence. You must know what lightning is.
Ferenc. You know. My English.
Bence. Okay. Lightning is light from the sky.
Ferenc. Lights in the sky? Airplane?
Bence. No. First, there is a flash of light, then there is thunder. Do you know what thunder is?
Ferenc. No.
Bence. Just wait. It’ll happen again. Look outside. The lightning is far so we can’t hear the thunder.
Ferenc. I’m tired. I sleep now.
Bence. You don’t want to see the lightning?
Ferenc. Maybe another time.
Bence. There it is again. Did you see it?
Ferenc. Lights in the sky? No.
Bence. What about fire in the sky? A line of fire in the sky. Boom.
Ferenc. Fire?
Bence. Never mind. Go to sleep. We’re almost there.
End. Not Knowing Lightning