Aunt Effie And Mrs Grizzle (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
We filled our school bags and Aunt Effie’s waders with fat silver-belly tunas. “Throw the yellow-bellies back,” Aunt Effie said. “They taste of mud. “What did you learn at school today?” she asked on the way up to the house. “Kingaseeny,” Lizzie said, “and how to skip with two ropes.” “And Pig Latin,” said Jared. “You know, you take the front of the word, add it on to the back, and add –ay after it.” “So Jared becomes Aredjay?” “Esyay.” “At’sthay easyay enoughay,” said Aunt Effie. “What about a word that ends in a vowel, like Daisy and Lizzie?” “Then you put a –w,” said Jared. “Daisyway, Lizzieway.” “I suppose it’s a good way to learn your spelling.” “Auntway Effieway,” said Lizzie, “we learned to say pois in proper Waharoa English.
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