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5 10 15 20 25 30 37 Episode 5 Today Mrs. Huber gave the class time to discuss language. As our new schoolmate Isaac came from South-Africa we were not able to understand everything he said. So we talked about different languages, words and how we communicate with each other and finally we played some games. I do not exactly know how it started but I think Sonia asked: “Why are there so many different languages in the world?” and Valentin shouted out: “What is the origin of language?” Our teacher looked a little confused. She did not really know an answer, but she pointed out that maybe several millions of years ago the whole world might have had one language. One common speech for all people, can you im- agine? But then Isabell suddenly said: “What would happen if all human beings spoke the same language?” I looked thoughtfully and said: “It would be great if all peo- ple would speak the same language, because then everybody could understand everybody and all people could become friends.” “Do you really think so? In our school many kids speak the same language and we are not all friends!” Mario mumbled. Our teacher looked at us and smiled: “Do you think it could be possible to be friends with someone who doesn’t know your language?” “Yes, why not? It does not always depend on language. When we went to Greece last Summer I met a girl, I did not understand what said, but we became friends and played to- gether.” Sonia said.