So many children!

Hi everybody:

 

Now it has been quite a while, but here we go, I have to tell you about an adventure. Exactly a week ago Chris and I got up early. She had breakfast, but she took time getting ready for work. And when she did, she had one additional bag in her hand. She did not harness me up, but instead we walked a few steps until a car stopped and Chris was greeted by a colleague. They put me and the bags and themselves into the car, and then off we went to a street I have never known. We then entered a quiet building and a room, where Chris put all her things around a chair. Then we sat on a couch, well at least the ladies did, and talked. Then finally we walked back into the room, this time it was full of many children, a lady and a man.

Chris started talking and listening to all the kids, while I stretched out by her side.

She talked about how she can write and read with her fingers. Every child had a little pad on which they shaped their initial letter. And then one by one five of them came forward to pin letters on their pads, and put together they shaped my royal name. Then the kids sat down, and Chris took the noisy braille writer out of her bag. She showed them how she can press down the keys and thus generate those mysterious points on the paper. and then she showed them the slate and stylus, which used to be her companion on trips before the notetakers. Finally she showed them how she can type into her laptop without a monitor, and how it talks to her. She noted down everybody's name and had it spelled to her in either English or German..

And then she had me sit beside her, and all the children were so eager to pet me, it was fun. One by one they came, offered me their little hand for a Hapoo kiss and gave me a quick scratch on the head, even the lady did. And then they all sat back down and asked Chris many many questions, which she patiently answered. She says she was their teacher for a little while.

And then they all sang a song for her. Finally Chris received presents, which she was very delighted about. She got a Christmas star, made without a single drop of glue, and a CD, and a little set of Christmas decoration wich smells like the trees in the forrest. And then all the kids ran outside, and Chris and the lady and I followed slowly. Chris nad a little talk with the man, who had quietly been sitting in the back of the room all the time, and then we all left. The lady, Chris' colleague and the mother of one of the children, took us home. We ran outside, Chris dashed through the apartment like there was no tomorrow, and then we ran off to work, where where I finally had the chance to relax.

 

A few days later she took out the braillewriter and typed the children's names, and then we took the paper to the colleague. She came back and reported that the children were really eager to find their names.

Have a good day everybody, I am having one at work, cheers, Hapoo.