Mythshaper

Chapter 03: Advanced Attribute

It barely took me any time to complete my homework, but I spent about half an hour on other studies before I ran to find Mum. A month had passed since I picked up running, and I hadn’t grown bored with it yet. Learning to run had stretched my world vastly wider than it used to be. I didn’t believe I would ever grow tired of it.

Mum was cooking our supper in the kitchenette, humming some familiar tunes soothing to ears.

“Move carefully within the house, pumpkin.”

“I’m done,” I called, sniffing the aroma wafting from the pan. “Spinach, yuck!”

“Already?” Mum turned to face me, completely overlooking my dissatisfaction with the food. She took the notebook from me and turned page after page, her eyes scanning over my messy handwriting. “Wow, pumpkin, you weren't lying when you said you’ve learned all the letters.”

“That’s not all...”

She flipped to another page, where I had tried to arrange letters into words and sentences. Her brows furrowed as she examined the page.

It’s normal for infants to do at least this much, right? I thought as she returned her gaze to me.

“Ari, how did you learn all this?”

I shrugged. “I read your books... I mean, I tried to read them and imitated...”

“You imitated,” she mumbled, her impressed tone fading. “The sentences are clumsy, but for you to learn all this by yourself... Which books did you read?”