Chapter 2

Before the day that Halley was to visit Ernest, she needed some French-speaking

advice. So, she decided to turn to her foreign friend, Erin Paganella. She was a light brown

rabbit. She and her brother, Bartholomew were adopted by Cream's mother before the little

rabbit girl was ever born. Halley knew that she can speak a few different languages, so she

thought she could help her out.

The green cat-girl knocked on the door, and Vanilla, Cream's mother opened it.

"Hello, Halley," she said. "How are you today?"

"I'm fine, Mrs. Rabbit," Halley replied. "May I please see Erin for a few minutes?"

"Sure. She's in her room, upstairs."

"Thank you." Halley walked up the stairs into Erin's room. When she got there,

she knocked on her bedroom door.

Erin answered it. "Oh, hello, Halley," she said. "What brings you here?"

"Hey, Erin," said Halley. "Listen, I just met this rich cat-boy and I need some

advice on how to say something to someone in French. Do you think you could help me?"

Erin smiled. "Of course I will. You came to the right foreign girl."

Halley sighed. "Thanks a bunch."

"No problem. Come in my room." Halley walked inside Erin's bedroom. It was

cream-colored with a lot of purple flowers on it. On her bed, she had a lot of books. She neatly

put them on the shelf and sat down with Halley on her bed.

"Alright," said Erin. "Here are some words that I can teach to you in French.

Repeat my words after I say them to you. You ready?"

Halley nodded her head. "Yep."

"Good. We'll first start off with the easy ones. If you want to say 'hello' to



someone in French or greet them properly, you say, 'bonjour'."

"Bonjour."

"Great. If you want to say 'please to someone, you say, 'veuillez'."

"Veuillez."

"Excellent. Next, if you want say 'thank you' in French, you say, 'merci'."

"Merci."

"So far, so good. Now, if you want to say 'you're welcome', you say, 'de rien'."

"De rien." Erin kept teaching Halley some French words for at least twenty

minutes.

Before Halley was about to leave to see Ernest, she asked, "Hey, Erin? Just out

of curiosity, how do you say 'I love you' in French?"

"Oh, well," said Erin, "when a man says it to a woman, he says, 'je t'aime, ma

cheri'. But, when a woman says it to a man, she says, 'je t'aime, mon cheri'. Do you like the

cat-boy or something?"

Halley blushed madly. She wasn't really sure if she did like him, but she didn't

want to admit it because she already had a date. "What?! No! You know perfectly well that I

already have a boyfriend. And that's Knuckles."

"Calm down. I was just curious, that's all."

Halley crossed her arms. "Yeah, right." Halley looked at her cell phone. "Oh,

shoot. I've got to get going. Thanks a lot, Erin."

"Anytime, Halley. Good luck with you and the French boy." Halley smiled,

packed up her stuff and headed to Ernest's house. She hoped that she'll do well with him.