"What happened to your sled?My cousin Ellie broke it on the snow. We didn't break the clear one. Just the green one broke."
"You must have been going really fast, then.Mm-hmm."
Willa M., a preschooler from South Slope, reported that her green sled was broken. Willa said cousin Ellie broke the green sled on the snow. Willa said the clear sled did not break and remained intact. A questioner asked whether they had been going very fast, and Willa confirmed with "Mm-hmm." The exchange consisted of brief, simple sentences that conveyed cause and outcome: the cousin's action caused the damage and one sled survived. The language reflects a child's perspective and concise recounting of a minor neighborhood sledding incident.
Read at Curbed
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