Amelie, Jr.



Super cute French kid ad-libbing a fantastic story with crocodiles, monkeys, and Winnie the Pooh. I hope she got license clearance for those copyrighted characters. More about the video here at videogum. (thanks, John Walsh!)

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Anyone know the proper contacts for adopting french children?

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"...et des pouvoirs magiques!" That was wonderful.

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I favor the gas permeable, extended wear, but that is a matter of personal preference.

I'm with you, very much, on the sentiment, though.

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I smell...SCREENPLAY!!! would totally pay to see the film version of that story. We gonna hook that kid up with Michel Gondry.

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That is indeed a wonderful thing. Thanks Boing Boing!

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That video just made my day a little bit better.

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YAY imagination!

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That reminds me of another kid imagination video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-YqhHy0TI

equally awesome

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mangez les bébés....wheee! Best line EVAR!

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Thing is, all the children are beautiful in France.

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...Downfalled on YouTube in 10...9...8...

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#13 posted by Anonymous , November 12, 2008 10:39 AM

hypo allergic! LOL

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Amelie is one of the greatest movies ever.

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someone should totally animate this.

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She's so clever, what with knowing a foreign language that age and all.

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oh, that just reminded me to check my biological clock. yep, still ticking..

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#16 I know exactly what you mean...such a little show off!! She's all "lookit me!! I am only 5 and I speak ze French!!"

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Wow. Smart kid and her parents must read to her a lot. She uses the "passe simple" a lot, a past tense only used in writing.

And your lesson in French is done for the day. ;-)

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so imaginative and unrestricted! very entertaining story

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@Mojave: actually, if you go on Vimeo, there's a video of her saying the few words she knows in English, it's real cute too: http://vimeo.com/1876895

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wow, that was nearly beyond my threshold of cute for the day. awesome story

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"It's like they have a different word for everything!" - S. Martin

Reminds me of another line in one of those Matrix 2 movies::

When you curse in french it's like wiping your rear with silk (not the exact quote mind you).


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#24 posted by Anonymous , November 12, 2008 3:34 PM

"#19 posted by queenlizo , November 12, 2008 12:15 PM
Wow. Smart kid and her parents must read to her a lot. She uses the "passe simple" a lot, a past tense only used in writing.

And your lesson in French is done for the day. ;-)"

Never mind that: she's all over the subjunctive tense too.

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Yeah, great, super cute and all...but what happened to the monkeys?!? Did they find their way home?

must find part II

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avec Frenchness!

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#27 posted by Anonymous , November 12, 2008 3:54 PM

i'm sure she said that the lion said that it was time to EAT the hippo, not for him to be dead in heaven.

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After watching this Angel and HeroHa, it makes me wonder why American kiddos are so lame...

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wow she's mindblowing.
I want her around next time I eat mushrooms

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Good lord, that child should be locked up before her cuteness reaches some kind of critical mass and destroys the planet.

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#31 posted by Anonymous , November 12, 2008 5:24 PM

Wow. As a native speaker of French, I can certify that this girl is positively cute as heck. Wow, I'm ready to have kids!

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American kiddos are not lame!

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I shall keep her in a sphere of adamantine crystal, illuminated from within to dispel the Stygian chill of the deeps, an ornament to grace my lonely vigil at the Bottommost Gates.

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WONDERFUL story. And OMG, those eyelashes are killing me!!

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Also, she [according to her mom] accidentally does the dramatic chipmunk here: http://www.vimeo.com/289759

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I like the story title "Amelie, Jr.", it could really be her. Connected souls in some way.

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and the hippo was alergic to magic! lol soooo cutesy cuddly!

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#38 posted by Anonymous , November 14, 2008 6:17 PM

aaaaaaahh dammit that little kid speaks better french than me!!!!!!! D:

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@ Anonymous #38: Well, that little kid is a native French speaker. ;-)

Super cutesy cute. And a lovely terrifying story. Watch out, Stephen King, the next generation of storytellers arrives...

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#40 posted by Anonymous , November 16, 2008 11:42 AM

This is my favorite: Capuchin in Disco Fever!
http://www.vimeo.com/1420991

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#41 posted by Anonymous , January 12, 2009 12:26 PM

OMG! She is so cute! That was quite a story! lol! Good thing there were subtitles because I don't speak french. She is so adorable though!

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