Patricia Reilly Giff - Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspap...

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Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?

Patricia Reilly Giff

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Wenn ich Schulen besuche, interviewen mich Kinder manchmal für die Schulzeitung. Sie stellen mir Fragen, und meine Antworten neigen dazu, weiter und weiter zu gehen, und sie versuchen, alles, was ich sage, so schnell wie möglich aufzuschreiben. Und eines Tages hob ein Kind die Hand und sagte: "Glaubst du, du könntest einfach mit" Ja "oder" Nein "antworten? Sind Kinder nicht wunderbar?

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