How Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson first met!
Young, 9-year-old, Dick sat on a bench. He hated school and he missed being home-schooled by his parents. They had been dead for 6 months. 3 of those months he had spent with Bruce Wayne. Only a week of elementary school and he was getting bullied. A couple of kids ran up to him.
"Say something Richard!" one said.
"Ca ce?" Dick asked.
They all burst out laughing.
"Circus freak! Circus freak! Circus freak!" they all shouted.
"Lasă-mă în pace!" Dick said.
"Hahahahahahaha!" they all laughed.
"HEY!" a squeaky voice shouted "LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
The bullies looked at the redhead who had shouted at them. They looked at one another then ran off.
"Mulțumesc," Dick murmured.
"I'm Barbara Gordon. You're Richard Grayson, right? Can I call you Rich?" she asked.
Dick shook his head.
"Rick?"
Dick shook his head violently. Rick was his uncle's name.
"Do you want to play on the monkey bars?" Barbara asked.
Dick wondered then nodded. Barbara grabbed his arm and started pulling him towards the playground. When she let go, Barbara jumped up and started to easily climb them.
"You don't talk much. Do ya?" Barbara said, hanging upside down.
"Nu. Nu-mi place să vorbească limba engleză," Dick said.
Barbara stared at him.
"Do you understand what I'm saying?" she asked.
Dick nodded. Then he reached up and jumped up onto the monkey bars. He smiled at Barbara's shocked expression.
"Am folosit pentru a fi un acrobat de circ. Există o mulțime de lucruri pe care nu le știi despre mine, Barbara Gordon," Dick said, climbing over to her.
The bell rang. Barbara and Dick had had a fun break. Dick stopped dead. Barbara turned around and looked at him.
"Richard... what's wrong?" she asked.
"Dick... my name is Dick... Dick's short for Richard... I was named after my Uncle Rick," Dick said.
"Oh! So you can speak English," Barbara smiled and grabbed his arm "Well come on Dick! We're already late for class!"
Look up the Romanian Dick said on Google Translate.