Shhh...Simmi is Listening

Aparna Kapur

Simmi
knows Lolo very well.
She
even knows Lolo with her eyes closed.

She knows if Lolo is nearby.
HELLO!

HELP!
She
knows if Lolo is far away.

She knows where
Lolo is hiding
HEE HEE!

She
knows when Lolo is scared.
HAS IT GONE?

And she knows when it is not Lolo!
Simmi knows Baloo with
her eyes closed too!
BHAOO BHAOO !

How
does Simmi know so much
about Lolo without looking?
Everyone, including Lolo, sounds different
depending on where they are.

Voices become softer as people move
further away and louder when they come
closer.
Voices also sound different when we’re
trying to be quiet or loud,
and
if we talk in a small,
empty space or into a blanket.