I have a much younger brother and when he was about three and a half, Ta’u and I were asking him to make the sounds of animals. We went through a number of them. What does a dog say? “Bark bark” What does a cat say? “Meow meow” What does a cow say “Moo moo.” We exhausted all the domestic animals fairly quickly along with the common wild ones like lions and bears. This was one smart little guy. So, in an effort to try to stump him…I mean, he might be nearly 20 years my junior, but he’s still my brother, so I had to make sure he got his fair share of sisterly fun….we shouted out “What does a giraffe say?” With no hesitation, as if he was asked this everyday, he swayed his little head and body from side to side, mimicking the movement of the long neck of a giraffe, while murmuring “mmmmmm, mmmmm.” And that’s how we learned what a giraffe says. Like I said, he’s one smart little guy.
So when I saw this video last week, it made me think of my brother. I bet he knows what the fox says. Have you seen it? It was made by Ylvis, a Norwegian variety show group made up of two brothers. It’s totally weird but funny in that scandinavian humor sort of way.