"Now repeat what I say,"

"Hai,"

"Ducky's ducklings went for a swim,"

I pursed my lips and knitted my eyebrows together, trying to form my lips around the funny words, "Duckee's…ducklings w...went…fo'…ah…ah sweem,"

Russel sighed from behind the cardboard book filled with pictures of happy ducks, "That's not right," he muttered, looking at me over the book, "You're following the words right, you're just not pronouncing them correctly," he said more to himself, but I just blinked, not understanding anything he had just said.

It had been a little over four months since I arrived here, and I had met Russel right after I met 2-D, the funny looking man with bruised eyes and two missing teeth who talked funny; Russel, the large dark coloured man who talked different from the other two; and Murdoc, the man who was quite mean to 2-D but feared Russel. I didn't really like Murdoc at first, because of how mean he was towards me, but now he just ignores my existence. I really don't mind all that much, as long as he doesn't hurt 2-D anymore.

"Ok, let's try this page," Russel said, turning the page and there were more pictures of ducks. I scoffed and he looked at me, raising a large eyebrow.

"What's wrong, Baby Girl? You don't like this book?" he asked.

I blinked at him, still not understanding, "I don't like this book, can't we read something else?" I asked in my native tongue. He stared at me, trying to comprehend what I just said.

"You want to read something else?" he asked me in slow Japanese, and I nodded frantically. I didn't like this Ducky book; it was stupid.

"Ok," he said slowly, closing the book and tossing it away. 'Ok' meant something like 'yes' or 'alright', I remember that, "Why don't you pick it?" he asked in the same broken Japanese and I got up, looking around for another. When I didn't find anything, I sat cross legged in front of him.

"No…book…" I said in broken English, and Russel grinned at me.

"Good, you know how to say two more words," he said, patting my head gently. I looked up at him and smiled.

"T…Tele…televis…television," I said, trying to pronounce it right. The television had Japanese subtitles, surprisingly, so I could watch something which still learning English.

Russel nodded and stood, going over to the electric box and turning it on. I flopped onto my belly, holding my head in my hands while I watched the latest cartoon of Pokémon…