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[sabine]

 Every night I ask Emi to tell me what happened during the day and what she's looking forward to tomorrow. Tonight, I got more than I bargained for.

Emi: Tomorrow is Whistle-Pig Watching Day!
Me: Whistle-Pig what day?
Emi: Whistle-Pig Watching Day! We go out into the back yard and whistle so the Whistle-Pigs come out of their burrows and see if they see their shadows. If you whistle, you can pick them up. I'm a great whistle girl, you know.
Me: You sure are. I...didn't know we had Whistle-Pigs in the back yard.
Emi: Yep! They live in burrows underground with the worms and make nests from leaves. That's where they sleep. It's sooooo comfy!
Me: Really?
Emi: Yep! They lay eggs and the babies are hatched so now they can come out to whistle with us and we can watch them.
Me: <goes to get downwood >
Emi: <repeats all the above for Daddy, then adds > But, you know, Whistle-Pigs are nocturnal, so they're not active during the day. That's when they're sleeping!
Daddy: So you have to wait until tomorrow night?
Emi: No, that's why you have to *whistle*!

I never knew we had a Whistle-Pig infestation in our back yard. Good to know.