"Buh... buh... buh." After a deluge of nonsensical noises, little Cori seemed to finish her thought. She stared at me with this smug expression on her face as if she had just made a monumental advancement for humanity.

      "What do you want?" I asked sharply, impatience bubbling up within me. Or maybe that was hunger, I can't tell the difference anymore.

      "Fo... fruh... froge! She screamed with a gusto I didn't expect from a one-year-old. I sat up straight and hit my head on the back of the dining chair.

      "Ow," I whined, rubbing my head. When I remembered what just happened, all I felt was confusion. "What's a froge?" I wondered out loud. Whatever it was, it happened to be my sister's first word. "Fr... oh... ge," I sounded out. "Huh."

Genre: (Realistic Fiction)