Hear ye, hear ye!
(Baonghean) - Mom! Please take me to the community center to listen to the information and education on reproductive health and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases!
Oh dear, who taught you to talk such nonsense? You're only in first grade, what kind of illness could you possibly have?
- I heard it on the loudspeaker this afternoon, it said exactly what it said: "Ladies are invited to be present at the community center at 8 PM tonight to listen to a presentation on reproductive health education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases." They kept blaring it over the loudspeaker every 5 minutes, all afternoon, just like when the car advertising the animal circus came to the neighborhood, Mom. It must have been a lot of fun. Our neighbor, Mrs. Giang, and our housekeeper, Mrs. Mai, kept nodding along, and then they were all talking loudly about things like 'Singing for the New Year' and 'HIV/AIDS'!"
- Oh dear, what kind of circus is this? Where's Aunt Mai, son?
- Aunt Mai and Grandma have been planning to go up to the block for a while now. Didn't you hear Aunt Mai singing loudly over the block's loudspeaker just now, Mom? I want to go too and sing, Mom!
- What's all this singing about? Stay home while I go call Grandma back to take her medicine. She's 70 years old, why is she still so eager to have fun?
Hai Trieu
