sentences.gloss: REALLY UP-TO-NOW HOLD 5"looking for words" MAYBE WANT KNOW (25)WHY IX-1p BECOME HOLD FIND/FIND-OUT^#OUT BECOME DEAF REALLY POSS-1p MOTHER+FATHER IX-3p:i (S)BORN fs-DANA IX-1p (1h)HAVE OLD+(1h)MOST SISTER IX-3p:i #WHEN IX-3p:i AGE-THREE HALF AGE-FOUR IX-3p:i POSS-1p MOTHER PREGNANT WITH IX-1p fs-DANA WANT DEAF SISTER SAY WANT+ DEAF SISTER DCL:bent-5"tapping" POSS-1p MOTHER EVERYDAY+fs-DAY UP-TO-NOW SAY IX-1p WANT DEAF SISTER IX-1p R"hoping"++ POSS-1p MOTHER 5"looking for words" TELL 5"calm down" SUMMON 5"calm down" SEE-SEE MAYBE HEARING IX-1p STILL LOVE SAME 5"let it go" 5"you know" BUT IX-1p HOPE DEAF (2h)SAME HOPE 5"reassure" IX-3p:j MAYBE BOY SAME POSS-1p SISTER SAY #NO FEEL IX-1p (L)FUTURE GET DEAF SISTER HOLD POSS-1p MOTHER SAY 5"calm down" SEE-SEE TIME IX-1p (S)BORN HOLD IX-1p "applause" (S)BORN fs-DANA 5"waiting for news" FIND/FIND-OUT^#OUT IX-1p BOY IX-3p:i ACCEPT #BUT IMPORTANT IX-3p:k DEAF 5"that's the way it is" HOLD POSS-1p MOTHER SAY 5"resignation" CANNOT NOTICE IF IX-1p DEAF IF 5"that's the way it is" OVER/AFTER (S)BORN MUST 5"looking for words" WAIT DCL:5"bigger" 5"looking for words" FEEL COMFORTABLE ON HOME fs-THEN FUTURE FIND/FIND-OUT^#OUT IF SELF-1p DEAF fs-DANA SAY 5"frustration" SAY CAN ASK DOCTOR POSS-1p MOTHER SAY FORGET-IT (1h)5"calm down" ENOUGH (1h)FINISH BRING IX-1p HOME THAT FIRST false start FIRST NIGHT+ IX-1p ARRIVE HOME HOLD IX-1p SLEEP IN fs-CRIB DCL:4"crib" HOLD fs-DANA LOOK:n DEVIL fs-DANA IX-3p:l DEVIL GIRL FORMERLY SMALL SAME IX-1p GROW-UP BUT ANYWAY/NOT-MATTER fs-DANA HOLD DECIDE GET fs-POTS AND HOLD fs-PANS HOLD ICL"gathering pots and pans" SNEAK WHEN POSS-1p MOTHER+FATHER SLEEP++ IN HOUSE BCL"opening the cabinet" 5"ok, let's see" BCL"gathering pots and pans" SOME BCL"gathering the pots and pans" SCL:1"person going up" IN POSS-1p BOX/ROOM ICL"banging the pots"+ IX-1p WAKE-UP CRY+++ HOLD fs-DANA LOOK:n CLEAR HEARING 5"leave it at that" DEPRESS 5"nah" SCL:1"Dana walking across the hall" TELL POSS-1p MOTHER+FATHER SAY KNOW+THAT IX-3p:m REALLY IX-3p:m SELF-3p:m HEARING NOT DEAF POSS-1p MOTHER+FATHER 5"what's going on" HOW KNOW IX-3p:l fs-DANA SAY REALLY IX-1p SCL:1"Dana going downstairs" GET fs-POTS AND fs-PANS ICL:S"picking up two pans" ICL"banging pans"+ WHEN IX-1p SLEEP IX-1p WAKE-UP CRY+ HOLD MOTHER+FATHER TRUE-BUSINESS 5"ok (giving in)" 5"let it go" NEXT fs-DAY 5"pause" WAKE-UP fs-DANA STILL UPSET THAT IX-1p NOT false start NOT DEAF IX-3p:l 5"that's the way it is" IX-3p:l DECIDE fs-TO DO SOMETHING/ONE OTHER REALLY IX-1p SIT HOLD 5"I don't know" HOLD SOMETHING/ONE POSS-1p+ SCL:crvd-5"tray of baby chair" BABY fs-STOOL KNOW SIT TO/UNTIL EAT (1h)HAVE fs-TRAY DCL:1"tray" WITH fs-BIB DCL:1"bib" HAVE PICTURE CUTE+ BUT ANYWAY/NOT-MATTER SCL:crvd-V"sitting" HOLD fs-DANA SCREAM+ IX-1p NOT fs-EVEN LOOK-BACKWARDS AND POSS-1p MOTHER SEE ALL (2h)THING POSS-1p MOTHER LOOK:n HOLD SCL:1"Mother walking to Dana":l fs-DANA TELL:l MAYBE DEAF SEE LOOK:n HOLD fs-AT IX-1p LOOK:n HOLD DCL:5"sound in ear" IX-1p 5"you know" HOLD NOT PAY-ATTENTION+ IX-3p:l SCREAM POSS-1p NAME IN POSS-1p EAR SCREAM HOLD IX-1p 5"you know" IX-1p NOT fs-EVEN EAR fs-IT 5"you know" FINE MOTHER TELL:l INFORM:l fs-DANA TRUE-BUSINESS IX-1p DEAF (1h)HAVE DEAF BROTHER HOLD fs-DANA JUMP++ EXCITED+ HOLD TO/UNTIL NOW DAY IX-3p:i fs-DANA STILL TELL EACH+ONE NOW IX-3p:i IN ns-EUROPE IX-1p REALLY IX-3p:l STILL TELL MANY STRANGE+AGENT ABOUT IX-1p HOW FIND/FIND-OUT^#OUT THAT IX-1p BECOME DEAF FIND/FIND-OUT^#OUT 5"that's the way it is"
sentences.text: Really, maybe you want to know why... ...i had become, or had found out that I had become deaf. My parents gave birth to Dana. I have an older sister. When she was three and half or four years old, my mother got pregnant with me. Dana wanted a Deaf sister. Said that she want to have a Deaf sister. She would tell my mother everyday "I want a Deaf sister." "I hope, I hope, I hope," She said. My mother told her to take it easy, said "We'll see... " Maybe the baby will be hearing, but we'll still love it the same. "But I'm hoping that it's Deaf, too." Maybe it is a boy too. My sister said "No, I don't have that feeling; I will get a Deaf sister." My mother said "we will see." The time came--I was (finally) born. When Dana found out that I was boy, she found accepted it. But it was important that I was Deaf. My mother said, "We can't tell if he is Deaf, but if he is... that's the way it goes... " After (the baby) is born, you have to... Wait until he gets bigger and feels comfortable at home. Then they would find out if I'm Deaf. Dana was impatient.  She said, "Can we ask the doctor?" My mother said, "Enough! Cut it out." That first night they brought me home... ...I arrived home.... ...I was sleeping in the crib. Dana was watching me.  She was mischevious, Dana was--same as me growing up. But anyway, Dana decided to gather some pots and pans. While my parents were sleeping, she snuck downstairs... She pulled a bunch of pots from the cabinet and went back upstairs to my room. She started banging the pots!  I woke up and started crying. Dana saw this and saw that I was obviously hearing. She was disappointed and walked over to tell my parents. She said, "So you know, Mike's really hearing.  He's not Deaf." My parents asked "how do you know?" Dana said," I went down and got some pots and pans... ...and I banged them together as he was sleeping." She told them that I had woken up and cried My parents said, "really? Oh well." The next day, I woke up. Dana was still upset that I wasn't D-, well, that I wasn't Deaf. She decided to do something else. Really, I was sitting... I was in my high chair. You know, where (babies) sit when they're eating...it has a tray.  I had a bib on... I have a picture, it's cute. But anyway I was sitting... Dana walked around behind me screamed. I didn't even look back. And my mother saw the whole thing. My  mother just stared. She walked over to Dana and said, "maybe he is Deaf." She was looking at me. She talked into my ears and I didn't pay attention. She screamed my name into my ear. I did not even hear it. So my mother told Dana... I was definitely Deaf. "You have a Deaf brother." Dana was jumping around, she was so excited. Even today, Dana still tells everyone. Right now she's in Europe... I am sure she is still telling many strangers about me. ...about how she found out that I had become Deaf.