Language Lesson

My friend Pamela had no facility with foreign languages. But, as she was leaving to spend her two-week vacation in Athens, she cobbled together five Greek words and phrases she thought might come in handy: hello, please, thank you, you’re very handsome, and kiss me. She had a wonderful time.

K. T. Maclay is an occasional writer living in the cultural center of Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico.