Yeah, oops. I went and made a mistake and let a secret slip... I translated from English to Finnish. You might be thinking "Hey, smallsteps, that is great, not a mistake", but you are wrong. Now mummy and daddy know that I can do this.

And it gets worse, much worse. What I translated was 'Don't touch' into Finnish. Now I have no excuse not to touch things.. I can no longer *pretend* I didn't understand and now it becomes, *actively ignoring.* I think this means the punishment changes.

https://i.imgur.com/Pe5XUv8.jpg

It is interesting though how many people seem to think that learning two languages is somehow stressful for a child but, those that are against it likely didn't experience it themselves. For me, I think it is pretty cool that I am able to understand what everyone is saying at all times. 

I heard a story of my cousin, who is also dual mother tongue, crying when young because she heard her mother speaking in a way that she didn't understand what was going on. Perhaps she thought her mother was possessed by the devil but no, she was just speaking *Swedish.*

Anyway, the secret is out, mummy and daddy know I understand them both when they say, "Don't touch that Smallsteps!!" I feel a bit sorry for them having to face the reality that I am going to *actively ignore* them a lot. There are just too many interesting things to explore...

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Smallsteps