You hold in your hand the colourful primer. The title reads: "A Primer for Small Kids…

You hold in your hand the colourful primer. The title reads: "A Primer for Small Kids." There's a bear involved.

Flip through the pages.

Every page has one word designating one letter of the alphabet, with a faded illustration -- most of them are scientific and cultural principles. It goes as follows...

Let's do this.

A is for Azimuth, B is for Boreas, C is for Cosign, D is for Diamat, E is for Ellips, F is for Flogiston, G is for Gamut.

Mmhm.

H is for Homeboy, I is for Iikon, J is for Jura, K is for Kollaps, L is for Laudanum, M is for Myriad, N is for Nadir, O is for Oreole, P is for Perihelion.

Yeah!

Q is for Quasar, R is for Rhododendron, S is for Sinus, T is for Tricoleur, U is for Ultra, V is for Vector, W is for Warheit, X is for Xylophone, Y is for Ystävä, Z is for Zenith.

That's it?

That's it. You know the alphabet now.

In what is called the IL -- the International Language, developed by scientists from Graad in the Twenties! Sinus means 'Sign', for example.

Nod stoically.

No time.

Of course. Obviously you already know all this. It's the alphabet. Who doesn't know the alphabet?

You. You don't know the alphabet. But never mind.

"Kim, I know the alphabet now."

"Good. I also know the alphabet."

It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities. Like reading, and...

Exactly what I need!

Mhm. This book will show you the score; get you oriented with those basic concepts you appear to be hazy on. The anthropomorphic bear will give you the low-down of your life...

On what?

The alphabet.

[Put the book away.]