Chapter 4- Understanding Bit
The next morning everyone was bust watching over the little ones. Leon was still mean to Bit, and the Twins still trouble makers and acting mischievous, Bit still clueless and happy after good nights sleep. By midday however he was upset again, but not because of Leon. He sat in the corner of the living room weeping. Jack came in and found him and picked him up. "What's wrong?" Jack asked gently rocking Bit.
Bit however made no reply but merely sobbed harder. Only one thing was heard from his mouth, "Kroo!" and he sobbed again harder and the tears soaked his face and Jack's shoulder.
"Shh! Its alright." Jack said rocking Bit. He carried him into the all the rooms asking people if they could tell what was wrong. However all answers came out negative.
Just then Jamie ran in. "Guys! A letter arrived! It's addressed to the Doc, and it's from someone by the last name of Cloud." Jamie was out of breath from running all the way to show them the letter.
"WELL OPEN IT!" Doc said hastily.
Jamie did so and he began to read allowed.
To whom it may concern,
We have heard the recent news about our brother being turned into a toddler. Don't ask how, for we will not answer. We do however want to make taking care of him easier. The enclosed is a list of things that he liked when he was a toddler and some main words he would use to try to communicate. He is very delicate as a toddler and doesn't know how to defend himself from anything. He also isn't very coordinated. Meanwhile we will be working on an Antidote to change him and the others back. If you have any questions, please contact us using the attached information.
Sincerely,
William and Reilly Cloud
Jamie flipped to the attached papers, one had all the contact information… and a lot of it. He reached the paper of the words Bit would use. There was a note at the top and then a long list of words.
Note: Lease words are spelled exactly how they are said by Bit. Not all the words he uses are part of this list but only the most frequent and most important are.
Then there was a list.
Kroo: Hungry/food
Peh: Play/ wants to play
Ba: Ball
Wah: Drink/ thirsty
Luh: Tired/ usually want a lullaby (Any song will do)
Kee: Cat/kitty
Ha: Hot
Coh: Cold
Nee: Big brother
Onee: Big sister
Papa: Father
Mama: Mother
Jack was still holding a weeping Bit, "Wait 'Kroo' mean what?"
Jamie looked at the paper again, "He's hungry."
Jack looked at Bit who was holding his stomach and weeping quietly now, crying himself to sleep. Jack left the group and took Bit into the kitchen. He sat him down at the table and pulled out some leftover pasta. He warmed it up in the microwave and placed in front of Bit. Bit looked at it funny then looked at Jack. Jack scratched his head, 'what do two year olds eat?' He had never had to raise one before. He opened the fridge and looked inside. 'Do two year olds eat leftover pizza? Or maybe chicken?' he closed the fridge and searched the cupboards. 'What about sandwiches…' Jack sighed. He didn't know what to give him. He looked for the snacks that the others had bought the day before. None of them were healthy though. 'Maybe fruit would be good.' Jack thought to himself. He cut up and apple and a banana and placed a few strawberries on a plate in front of Bit, who immediately reached for them and ate them. Jack sighed a sigh of relief. After bit had finished eating he was happy again and ready to play again. Jack wasn't though.
He followed Bit into the living room and sat on the couch while Bit played with his toys. Leena had gotten him a stuffed white cat for him to play with. Bit carried it with his everywhere. He held it out to Jack and Jack took it. Bit then walked over to his little toy Zoids and played with them. Jack decided to flip through the channels on the T.V. to see if anything was on. News 'Click' weather 'click' boring documentary on some beetle 'click' basketball game 'click' hockey game… Bit leapt up in front of the T.V. and began to watch to hockey game. Bit was in the way of the remote so Jack reached around him and changed the channel to see what would happen. Bit gasped and started crying. Bit turned and looked and Jack almost pleading him to fix it. Jack turned it back and Bit was happy again. Jack picked Bit up and placed him on his lap handing bit his cat watched the hockey game with him.
When they were ready for bed jack tucked Bit in. He lay down next to him and began humming a song to help Bit get to sleep. They both slept soundly without any interruptions to upset Bit and cause Jack to not get any sleep.