“I’m not ignorant,” Eio objects. “It is you who are ignorant, Pia bird. My father taught me English.” “Your father?” “He is a scientist like you, in Little Cam.” “Really!” I blink and stare at him with astonishment. Well, well, someone’s been hiding a really big secret.…“Who is it? What’s his name?” I think of all the scientists, wondering who it could be. “To me, he is only Papi. He comes and teaches me English and math and writing.”
