Hey, HEY! I don't know how exactly I came up with this, but here it is! I thought it was a cute idea. Read and review, buddies! Hope you like it!

"Oh, sorry I'm late, honey," Miles apologized as he entered the O'Brien family quarters. As he came in, tired from working, he looked at his family. Keiko sat at the table with Molly on one side of her and Yoshi in a high chair on the other side. "I had to realign the sensor array before I could get away." He walked over to his wife and gave her a light kiss on the lips.

"Daddy!" Molly said excitedly.

"Hi, sweetie," Miles said, kneeling beside her chair. He kissed the top of her head and stood to walk to his seat across from Keiko. "How was your day?"

"Good," Molly answered, shrugging.

Keiko reached to feed Yoshi another bite of baby mush. "Why don't you tell Daddy what you learned today?" she suggested.

"Okay!" Molly agreed enthusiastically. "I learned the alphabet song," she said proudly.

"That's great," Miles said. "Does it go, 'A, B, C, D, E, F, G. . .'"

Molly looked confused. "No," she said. "I learned a different one."

"Well, then," Miles said, "let's hear it!"

"A is for Andorian, B is for Bajoran," she recited, "C is for Cardassian, D for Deep Space Nine, E is for El-Aurian, F is for Ferengi, G is for Gallamite, H is for Humanoid, I is for Iconian, J is for Jem'Hadar, K is for Klingon, L is for Lurian, M is for Molly, N is for Nausicaan, O is for Occupation, P is for Prophets, Q is for Q, R is for Romulan, S is for Starfleet, T is for Trill, U is for Ullian, V is for Vorta, W is for Wadi, X is for Xepolite, Y is for Yridian, and Z is for Zakdorn! Now I know my alphabet, and some species to go with that."

Miles was blown away. "How do you know what an Iconian is, or a Ullian, or a Xepolite, or an Andorian, or a Zakdorn, or an El-Aurian, or a Yridian?"

Molly just shrugged.

"Why did you have Molly in there?" he asked.

"Mrs. Graff said that we could put our name in the song instead of the one that was there before," Molly explained.

"What was there before?" Miles asked.

Molly shrugged again. "I don't remember."

"Wasn't that so nice, honey?" Keiko hinted toward her husband.

"Oh, yes," Miles agreed. "That was wonderful, sweetie. Good job." He smiled warmly at his daughter, who grinned proudly back and took a big bite.

Later that night, after they had put the two children to bed, Miles and Keiko stayed up. Keiko was trying to figure out how to hinder the rapid growth of a new plant species in the Dahkur Province that was taking up more than its share land. Miles was looking at a schematic of a new kind of warp core that might work for the Defiant.

Miles shook his head and set the padd down on the coffee table. He didn't need to worry about this right now. Keiko followed suit.

"Do you remember those kinds of songs they made us sing when we were in kindergarten?" Keiko asked, staring into space as if trying to remember the words.

"What are you - - oh, Molly's song, right," Miles said. "Vaguely, I guess. They were sure different, huh?"

"Of course they were!" Keiko said, breaking out of her reverie to sigh. "A lot has changed since then."

"I still don't understand how she could know what all those alien species were," Miles said, thinking.

"Well, considering who her father is," Keiko responded, "and where she lives, I'd say it's pretty clear."

"Yeah, you're right," Miles admitted. "I mean, she's probably seen more than just those on Deep Space Nine. Morn's a Lurian, Garak's a Cardassian, Quark's a Ferengi, Boday is a Gallamite, and Dax is a Trill. It's probably different because she lives on DS9, too. Why else would it have Prophets and Occupation and Bajoran and even Deep Space Nine itself in the song?"

Keiko was quiet for a moment, staring thoughtfully at Miles. Then she replied, "It's just the alphabet, Miles. You may be overthinking this - - just a little bit."

Now that I think about it, this isn't so interesting. Oh well! I'll probably post it anyway. Now, if you don't know what any of these alien species is, just Google "star trek aliens" and click the first link (Star Trek Alien Species). It's a great site, and it has tons of species I didn't even know about or had forgotten existed! There are even pictures, for a lot of them. Anyways...

\ \\// "Live long and prosper."