The child's use of the personal pronoun is strange. During my absence an aunt of his took my place, and she addressed him for the _first time_ with the word "Du" (thou), and spoke of herself as "I," whereas I always called myself "Mama." The consequence was that the boy for a long time used "thou" as the first person, "I" as the second person, with logical consistency. He hands me bread, saying, _I am hungry_, or, when I am to go with him, _I come too_. Referring to himself, he says, _You want flowers_; _you will play with Niania_. All other persons are addressed with "I" instead of "you." He tells his uncle, _There's an awfully pretty gentian in the yard_. He gets the nurse occasionally to repeat the Latin names, because they are difficult for her, and his correction of her is very comical. _28th Month._--He speaks long sentences. _Papa, come drink coffee,_ _please do_. _Papa, I drive_ (for "you drive") _to town, to Reval, and bring some parrots (Bellensittiche)_. He often changes the form of words for fun, e. g., _guten Porgen_ (for guten Morgen). On going out, he says, with a knowing air, "Splendid weather, the sun shines so warm." He alters songs also, putting in different expressions: e. g., instead of _Lieber Vogel fliege weiter, nimm a Kuss und a Gruss_, Adolph sings, _Lieber Vogel fliege weiter in die Wolken hinein_ (dear bird, fly farther, _into the clouds_, instead of _take a kiss and a greeting_). It is a proof of logical thinking that he asks, at sight of the moon, _The moon is in the sky, has it wings?_ I had been sick; when I was better and was caressing him again, he said, _Mama is well, the dear Jesus has made mama well with sealing-wax_. "With sealing-wax?" I asked, in astonishment. _Yes, from the writing-desk._ He had often seen his toys, when they had been broken, "made well", as he called it, by being stuck together with sealing-wax. He now asks, _Where is the dear Jesus?_ "In heaven." _Can he fly then; has he wings?_ Religious conceptions are difficult to impart to him, even at a much later period: e. g., heaven is too cold for him, his nose would freeze up there, etc. He now asks questions a good deal in general, especially _What is that called?_ e. g., _What are chestnuts called?_ "Horse-chestnuts." _What are these pears called?_ "Bergamots." He jests: _Nein, Bergapots_, or, _What kind of mots are those?_ He will not eat an apple until he has learned what the name of it is. He would often keep asking, in wanton sport, _What are books called?_ or _ducks?_ or _soup?_ He uses the words "to-day, to-morrow," and the names of the days of the week, but without understanding their meaning. Instead of saying "_zu Mittag gehen_" (go to noon-meal), he says, logically, "zu Nachmittag gehen" (go to afternoon-meal).