” Driving beneath the flyover I spotted a grey bird and said penguin. My wife laughed and said pigeon, repeating it pigeon, as if speaking to an idiot. She sighed and turned to the window, staring at something I could not see. I considered saying it was a mistake, a simple slip of the tongue, of course I knew the difference between penguin and pigeon, but the time for stating my case seemed to have already passed.”
(Penguin and Pigeon – Steven Cushman)
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