Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.

Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.

He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.

One of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news.