the child is the <br />father, mother <br />mentor of the man <br />he gathers the whole <br />language for him <br />his mother tongue <br />with all the shades of meaning <br />in the first many years of his life <br />when you hear a man speak <br />he is speaking the tongue <br />of his childhood <br />when you hear a man lie <br />he is lying on the inoncence <br />of his childhood<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ode-to-the-child/
