TIPPY. The reason Russian is easy for me is because I never learned the alphabet.
KEN. Boy, what an alphabet!
MARTIN. [Snapping his fingers.] Da, da, da--ah, be, ve, ge.
TIPPY. [Picking up book.] Ya, ya, ya,--vas ist das? Das ist ein buch.
KEN. Da, da, da,--chto etto takoye? Etto kneega.
MARTIN. Fine. Let's go. [Holds up pencil.] Chto etto takoe?
KEN. Etta karandash.
MARTIN. [Stands book on table.] Chto?
KEN. Kneega stoeet na stolom.
MARTIN. [Throws book under table.] Gdye kneega?