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Letter `you` Буква "Ты"

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    YOU OR I? From Alexei Panteleyev`s short story `Letter `You` (1945)

By Alexei Panteleyev
LETTER `YOU`
Some time ago I was hired to teach a little girl to read and write. She was just four and
a half years old, and she was very smart. It took us just three days to reach the letter
`I`. But as soon as we began to learn it there appeared an unexpected problem.
As usual I showed little Irene the new letter `I`. Having heard `I`, the little girl looked
shy at it and asked me very carefully:
-You?!
-No, Irene! It`s `I`.
-Letter `You`, aren`t you kidding?
-No, letter `I`.
-I understand that it`s not you, it`s this letter that`s called `you`.
-No and yes! It`s really not me, but it`s really a letter but it`s called `I` rather than
`You`. Now tell me what the letter is this?
-This is the letter `You`.
I felt I was boiling inside. I came to Irene and pointed out my finger to her.
-Who`s this?
-It`s me. I!I!I!I!
-So is that damn letter! It"s also `I`!. Have you grasped it?
-Yes! It`s a letter `You`! You! You! You! You! How can"t you understand it? I am I
and the letter is `You`!
-Oh no! It`s you!
-Not me, but you! And that letter is `You` too!
-No! `I`! Repeat it, be so kind!
-You!!!
Well, well, well! What to do? How to explain her that letter in a right way? And I had
a sudden brave wave, I made up my mind to make her read the words containing that
letter `I`.
-Irene, dear! Read me this sentence, please!
-Youke has got an youPhone!
-What Youke? A new phone?!
-Not a new phone, but a youPhone!
I looked into the ABC book and read `Ike has got an `iPhone!`
I roared with laughter. I coudn`t help it. If you only were in my place ...
-But this is just an iPhone, after all!
She got surprised and asked me:
-So, is this really letter `I`?
I was about to pronounce `Yes, it is!` But then I checked myself, and I said with a
cunning smile:
-Indeed, it`s letter `You`! I swear!
-You should have said it at once. Now I understand that this letter is not `You`, but `I`.
At last! At last she learned that crafty letter and since that moment she`ll have
managed to avoid of speaking and reading `youdea` for `idea`, `youcon` for `icon` and,
by the way, `Yourene` for `Irene`. Now that she emails me sometimes I see that
everything`s tip-top, and my efforts were not wasted! THE END

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