Sally and Ian, both blondes, were delighted when their long wait to adopt a child finally came to an end.

The adoption centre informed them they had been selected as potential parents for a beautiful baby girl from China.

On the way home, they stopped at their local university and enrolled in night courses. After they’d filled out their forms, the registration clerk had a curious question.

“I’ve noticed you both said you wanted to learn Chinese. What made you want to do that?”

“That’s easy,” Ian replied. “We just adopted a baby girl from China and she will start to speak in about a year.”

“That’s right,” Sally added. “We want to be able to understand her when she speaks.

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