Katya is spending some quality time with her grandparents. Grandma is teaching her nursery rhymes that are either oh-so-20th century, or failed to cross the Atlantic, or have not yet reached Katya for some other reason.
[<em>As narrated by Katya's Grandma</em>]
Grandma: "One Two Three Four Five Once I caught a fish alive!"
Katya: "Did you really catch a fish, Grandma?!"
Grandma (<em>playing along</em>): "Yes I did."
Katya: "Was grandpa helping you?"
Grandma (<em>applies boolean logic</em>): "No."
Katya: "Where was he when you caught the fish?"
Grandma (<em>to use a chess term ... <strong>pinned</strong>, but escapes the check</em>): "He had gone to the temple."
[a little later, as observed by Grandma]
Katya (<em>in a singsong voice with action</em>): "One Two Three Four Five Six Seven ... Once I caught a Swan!"
[<em>As narrated by Katya's Grandma</em>]
Grandma: "One Two Three Four Five Once I caught a fish alive!"
Katya: "Did you really catch a fish, Grandma?!"
Grandma (<em>playing along</em>): "Yes I did."
Katya: "Was grandpa helping you?"
Grandma (<em>applies boolean logic</em>): "No."
Katya: "Where was he when you caught the fish?"
Grandma (<em>to use a chess term ... <strong>pinned</strong>, but escapes the check</em>): "He had gone to the temple."
[a little later, as observed by Grandma]
Katya (<em>in a singsong voice with action</em>): "One Two Three Four Five Six Seven ... Once I caught a Swan!"
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