That big word I don't know... [TM]
Nov. 8th, 2007 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mini_dean"Hey MOM!"
"Don't yell through the house, Ben."
"Sorry. Mom, what does this word mean?" Ben held up a piece of paper with the word INTRIGUE written on it in his messy handwriting.
"... where are you getting all these big words from lately, sweetie?"
"Online. I was... doing my homework, yeah... and the website had this word on it. What does it mean?"
"It means to be curious about something."
"Curious?" He was still a bit confused. "Can you use it in a sentence? Miss Miller always puts new words in sentences so we understand them."
His mother smiled. "Ok. The young boy, while watching his mom cook dinner, was intrigued by what she was putting into the pot."
"OH!" Ben bounced, understanding. "I got it! Thanks Mom!"
He turned and ran back upstairs, ignoring his mother's shouts about running through the house as he went back to his laptop.
Intrigue means being curious about stuff, at least that's what my mom says. I'm always curious. I mean, how you gonna learn about things if you aren't? I really like learning about cars. I want to know how they work, and how all those parts go together. I want to make my own car, but mom says I need to wait until High School. I'm also curious about why people like black liqorish (how the hell do you spell that work anyway?). I mean, i got so much of it on Halloween, and that stuff just sucks. Ew. Why do they even make it?
"Don't yell through the house, Ben."
"Sorry. Mom, what does this word mean?" Ben held up a piece of paper with the word INTRIGUE written on it in his messy handwriting.
"... where are you getting all these big words from lately, sweetie?"
"Online. I was... doing my homework, yeah... and the website had this word on it. What does it mean?"
"It means to be curious about something."
"Curious?" He was still a bit confused. "Can you use it in a sentence? Miss Miller always puts new words in sentences so we understand them."
His mother smiled. "Ok. The young boy, while watching his mom cook dinner, was intrigued by what she was putting into the pot."
"OH!" Ben bounced, understanding. "I got it! Thanks Mom!"
He turned and ran back upstairs, ignoring his mother's shouts about running through the house as he went back to his laptop.
Intrigue means being curious about stuff, at least that's what my mom says. I'm always curious. I mean, how you gonna learn about things if you aren't? I really like learning about cars. I want to know how they work, and how all those parts go together. I want to make my own car, but mom says I need to wait until High School. I'm also curious about why people like black liqorish (how the hell do you spell that work anyway?). I mean, i got so much of it on Halloween, and that stuff just sucks. Ew. Why do they even make it?