Henri Fantin-Latour paintings

Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
Horace Vernet paintings
Irene Sheri paintings
. Spoken in answer to a young grandchild who asked, "Will you be at the big feast, Grandmother?"
9. Spoken in answer to the same child, who asked, "Are you going to be dead like Great-Auntie?"
10. Said to a baby who was toddling towards a firepit where the flames were invisible in the sunlight.
11. Last words, spoken the day before the Elder's death.
The last six Sayings were all spoken in the last half year of the , as if the approach of death had made the Elder loquacious. Five of the Sayings were spoken to, or in at least in the presence of, young children who were still at the talking stage.
Speech from an adult must be very impressive to an Asonu child. Like the foreign linguists, Asonu babies learn the language by listening to older children. The mother and other adults encourage the child to speak only by attentive listening and prompt, affectionate, wordless response.
The Asonu live in close-knit, extended-family groups, in frequent contact