mama immediately throws me a question as i entered the house.*
*translated from a mixture of hokkien and taglish conversation
MAMA: do you have a bible?
ME: (gives a blank and far-off look)
PAPA: why are you silent? you don't read your bible anymore, do you?
ME: well...it has been a long time...i know have a bible in my room....i'm just trying to remember where i placed it.
MAMA: would you please go to our room when you have found it? i need to ask you something...
SCENE 2 - PARENTS' BEDROOM
ME: so what is this about?
MAMA: i just need you to look for a verse. can you check out deuter...deutore...deutoron...
ME: you mean deuteronomy?
MAMA: yes! that's it! chapter 47 please.
ME: (searches the new testament for deuteronomy, finds the chapter, then stops in thought for a minute) it's chapter 47, right?
MAMA: yes.
ME: and it's deuteronomy, right?
MAMA: yes.
ME: that's funny. there's only 34 chapters in deuteronomy.
MAMA: but that is what is written here! (looks at her cellphone and scrolls for the message) oh wait, the message is not here anymore. but that is exactly what i remembered.
ME: (can't keep laughing out loud) maybe they were using a different bible!
mama scowls.
PAPA: you know your mom. the last time she opened a bible was during senior year in high school. there's a possibility she might just burn if she opens a bible right now.
THE END
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