Last night I went in to check on the kids on my way to bed. I was tucking B back under the covers when I suddenly heard slow, stealthy footsteps in the woods right outside the window. I ran to M and whispered that someone / something was sneaking around our caravan.
M was out the door like a shot and quickly searched around and under the camper. Then he got out an enormous flashlight and shined it into the woods.
Just then our French neighbors returned to their campsite. I think they were a bit drunk. They saw M with his floodlight and started giggling.
They only speak French and our exchanges so far have been limited to my limited vocabulary and M's gradeschool French.
"What are you doing?"
"My wife just heard something!"
"Oh! Ha ha. Yeah, that! That's just a djkfkfkifrfkfc. We have a lot of those around here!"
"C'est quoi?"
"A dfdflgltoflck! You know! With the points!" (She sticks her fingers out next to her face.)
M smiled and nodded. It was obvious to me that he hadn't understood what they were saying either.
I whispered to him:"You think they mean a deer?"
"No idea. I think they mean a hedgehog."
I stifled a giggle.
The neighbors tried again.
"It's a dkefkfkivkj! They come around searching for escargots!"
M smiled at me triumphantly! "A boar! I think they're talking about boars!" He turned back to the women and said:
"They're this big, right?"
To which the women broke out into raucous laughter and bid us a good night...
3 comments:
Damn, something wrong with my dictionary...it doesn't list djkfkfkifrfkfc.
ok I am gonna stop spamming you with comments for tonight, but just came by again to tell you I gave you an award.
I love experiences like this.
Like the time a French farmer asked D and me if we were thirsty (we'd been hiking and ran out of water) and gratefully, I said, "Oui!" and he handed us a clear jar filled with...
Eau de vie! Probably 90% proof at least.
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