Tara - Learning English

> Everywhere he went Mike was followed by Tara, the enormous woman who rescued
him. Despite her tremendous size, and obvious strength, she had a softness to
her...and she seemed to like him. Mike was awed by her physical presence,"
she'd sure make one hell of a fullback " he thought. Nobody else in the
village even approached her in size; except a much older woman who gave him
and Tara a strange smile when she saw them. Stranger still was the way Tara
smiled back at her...was something going on here? As they made their way
around the area, Tara would point to something, a rock or a tree, and wait for
Mike to say what it was in English. After he would say it, she would then
repeat it to herself several times until she felt she got it right. To Mike's
surprise, Tara seemed to catch on very quickly and, within a few hours, they
could actually hold rudimentary conversations. " What this, Mikey ? " she
would ask; " where Mikey from ? " Mike actually found it rather humorous; this
gigantic woman speaking in simple, childlike English.