A Different Language
My grandpa loves fishing. I don’t like fishing, but I like eating fish.
Every Sunday I go to my grandpa’s house and we go fishing together.
I get really cold in the winter because we just stand and wait by the sea, and it’s really, really windy.
When we get home, we drink some hot tea because we don’t want to get sick. Then we cook the fish together.
After lunch, we usually spend some time in the garden. We fix grandpa’s old bike or talk to the neighbour.
His name’s Johnny and he’s a very nice man. He always gives me some Legos or books.
Johnny is deaf, so he can’t hear or speak. He is a teacher at a school for deaf children.
My grandpa and Johnny speak in sign language. Johnny makes a lot of gestures with his hands.
It’s great that they can speak a language with their hands! It’s like a secret language, so cool!
When they talk and laugh, I feel sad because I don’t understand anything. I want to learn sign language, too.
I want to make a joke speaking in sign language and surprise Johnny!