There once was a married couple, all they wanted was a child. They were blessed with a baby boy and were delighted to watch him grow. But when the time came for him to babble and goo, he never made a sound. His parents brought him to the developmental nurse, and then a developmental specialist, but they could find no reason why he was so quiet. By the time the boy was 4, he had still not made a sound, no words, not even a babble. The doctors could not understand it. As the months and years rolled by, the boy led a normal life, except for the fact that he never spoke a word. The parents were saddened deeply by this. They resigned themselves to the fact that their only son would never be able to speak to them.
One morning, soon after the boy's 9th birthday, the boy came downstairs before school as normal. His mother bade him good morning, but the boy didn't answer. He sat down at the table and started eating his cornflakes. Suddenly, he stopped, looked up, and said "Hey, this milk is cold!". His mother could not believe it. Her son had spoken. She hurriedly called her husband, who came into the kitchen and asked what was wrong. Again the boy said "The milk in my cornflakes is cold". The parents were flabbergasted. Excitedly they sat down, and asked their son why he had never said anything to them before. He replied "The milk was never cold before".
So, you see, sometimes things are really simple, why try make it all complicated?
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There once was a married couple, all they wanted was a child. They were blessed with a baby boy and were delighted to watch him grow. But when the time came for him to babble and goo, he never made a sound. His parents brought him to the developmental nurse, and then a developmental specialist, but they could find no reason why he was so quiet. By the time the boy was 4, he had still not made a sound, no words, not even a babble. The doctors could not understand it. As the months and years rolled by, the boy led a normal life, except for the fact that he never spoke a word. The parents were saddened deeply by this. They resigned themselves to the fact that their only son would never be able to speak to them.
One morning, soon after the boy's 9th birthday, the boy came downstairs before school as normal. His mother bade him good morning, but the boy didn't answer. He sat down at the table and started eating his cornflakes. Suddenly, he stopped, looked up, and said "Hey, this milk is cold!". His mother could not believe it. Her son had spoken. She hurriedly called her husband, who came into the kitchen and asked what was wrong. Again the boy said "The milk in my cornflakes is cold". The parents were flabbergasted. Excitedly they sat down, and asked their son why he had never said anything to them before. He replied "The milk was never cold before".
So, you see, sometimes things are really simple, why try make it all complicated?