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Doctor Beck brings a present. It is hiding inside pretty paper. I take the paper off. Inside is an instrument for making music. Doctor Beck calls it a recorder, but it is different from the recorder that plays the tapes.

Sandy has a tight voice. She asks if I am learning too much at once. Sandy says maybe I can learn the music language after I learn better the English language.

But Doctor Beck says I need good work with my hands.

Doctor Beck says this is a right time to give different language.

Doctor Beck shows me how to take the recorder in my hands. She shows me where to blow.

I blow the recorder. I make a sound. EEEE! EEEE! EEEE! A bad sound comes, like angry birds.

Doctor Beck says not to worry. She says Doctor Peach can help me to learn.

The recorder is so pretty. Like the sea when it is white with foam. I touch the recorder with my human fingers. I take it along with my dolphin boots in my bed to sleep. Its skin is smooth. I stroke it and remember the inside of a shell.