I once knew a child who sang constantly:
'I'm walking down the path, picking up my doll, isn't she lovely today, darling
what shall we do now?'
etc, but the doll was real.
Her parents told me it continued for many months, then faded, and she became
just an averagely musical child.
Max
Quoting Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
> Brian yes I was surprised that a three year old would use the word
> 'imaginary' (actually it was about a guinea pig!)
> Cheers Patrick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Brian Hawkins
> Sent: 18 March 2010 11:32
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> Subject: Re: pat snap _(*)(*)_Wednesday, 17 March 2010
>
> Patrick, I'm interested - did Rosie herself call the kitten imaginary? I
> once looked after a wonderful little girl who would refer to "Pepito, my
> imaginary friend"
>
> Brian
>
> --- On Thu, 18/3/10, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: pat snap _(*)(*)_Wednesday, 17 March 2010
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Received: Thursday, 18 March, 2010, 3:23 AM
>
> EMERGENCY
>
> granddaughter
> rushes in
> cries that she
> has lost her
> imaginary
> beloved kitten
> in the garden
> gone quite gone!
> 'come quickly'
> we both
> rush out
> but without
> much hope
> poor pussy
> 'Kitty'
> 'come Kitty'
> 'Kitty'
>
>
> pmcmanus
> q645
> for Rosie
>
>
>
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