The Tongue Twister That Twisted My Childhood
The Tongue Twister That Twisted My Childhood When I think back to my childhood, one memory always makes me laugh the time I tried to conquer the most difficult tongue twister I had ever heard. I didn’t realize then that a simple line of words could challenge my confidence, test my patience, and still bring a smile to my face years later. I first heard the tongue twister at a family gathering. My older cousins were showing off their “skills,” firing tricky lines at lightning speed. And then someone said the one that would soon become my biggest childhood struggle: “She sells seashells by the seashore.” To them, it was easy. To me, it was pure torture. The moment I tried it, everything went wrong. My tongue tangled itself into a knot. “Seashells” turned into “seesheels.” “Seashore” became “sheesore.” And everyone burst into laughter not unkindly, but in that innocent way kids laugh at adorable failures. But I wasn’t ready to give up. Every day after school, I stood in ...
