Cedar: Can we listen to that jungle record?

Dad: What?

(I remember giving him lessons on Drum & Bass and maybe even Dubstep, but I don’t think we touched Jungle. He must be talking about something else.)

Cedar: The one with the people and the jungle.

Dad: I don’t know what you are talking about.

Cedar: Where they sang in a different language.

Dad: Oh! Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66.

(I find the record and put it on)

(Cedar and Cora looked stunned. They listen intently for awhile)

Dad: The rhythm in this Brazilian music is kind of African. Listen the piano is keeping the rhythm. 

Cedar: What are they saying?

Dad: I don’t know. They are singing in Portuguese. You can hear the word “samba”. That’s a kind of dance and song. (cora begins dancing) I think this song is about The Samba.

Dad: So you like this record?

Cedar: (he’s been listening quietly for awhile) Yes.

Dad: What do you like?

Cedar: The music and the talking.

Dad: It’s different then other kinds of music we have, isn’t it.

Cedar: Yes.

(track 3, The Joker is playing)

Cedar: This one has a part from Batman - The Joker. (laughs)

Dad: Funny.

(a slower song in English starts)

Cedar: I don’t like this one. (He only likes the faster, Portuguese ones)

(switching to side 2, track 2 Agua de Beber)

Cedar: Yeah!

Dad: So what does this music make you think of?

Cedar: I don’t know. Sometimes I don’t remember what music makes me think of.

Dad: You were listening pretty intently for awhile, you weren’t thinking of anything?

Cedar: No!

Dad: So you like the jungle on the cover?

Cedar: Yeah. Do they play their instruments in the jungle!?

Dad: No. They just took the photo in the jungle.

Cedar: What? I don’t see a camera.

Dad: A camera can’t take a picture of itself. (he looks confused) 

Dad: Look here’s a picture of Cora. You don’t see the camera in the photo.

Cedar: Oh. Yeah. Why?

Dad: The camera can’t be in a photo it is taking. You’d need another camera. 

(he looks skeptical.)