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Spanada: Read Me a Bedtime Story

Antonio smiled as he listened to Matthew reading. He wasn't sure what it was, all that he knew was that the book was in French.

Antonio could understand something here and there, due to the similarities between French and Spanish. But he wasn't listening for comprehension. He just wanted to hear Matthew's voice speaking the foreign language.

"'Il n'y avait plus à en douter mon oncle venait d'employer son après-midi à se procurer une partie des objets et ustensiles nécessaires à son voyage l'allée était encombrée d'échelles de cordes à nœuds, de torches, de gourdes, de crampons de fer, de pics, de bâtons ferrés, de pioches, de quoi charger dix hommes au moins.'"

Matthew's voice was always a whisper, and lying in bed, reading in the smooth language that was French, Antonio couldn't help but think of when his mother used to read him to sleep. Matthew's voice was soothing.

Antonio closed his eyes as he snuggled closer, succumbing to the pull of sleep.

Matthew read a few more paragraphs before he stopped, turning to the Spaniard. He smiled when he saw the other fast asleep.

"Bonne nuit, mon amour," Matthew whispered.

The prompt was: 'Person A is multilingual and has story books in another language. On train rides or in bed they read to Person B even though Person B can barely understand because they like hearing Person A speak another language.'

The extract was from the French version of 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth.' I just went to a random page.

And I've noticed the similarities between French and Portuguese. My mom's Portuguese and taught me some things, and then I learned French, and certain words made me a little confused. Now when I'm teaching myself Portuguese, I can't help but make the connections between the two languages. And Spanish is similar to Portuguese, so I used that as a reference for this chapter, not just going on the basis that they're part of the same language family.