Fly like an Igel
27 June 2005 23:37 family matters, germanyApparently, once when my mother-in-law came to visit A. while he was still living in the States, she heard the chorus to The Steve Miller Band’s “Fly like an Eagle” on the radio.
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I’m free
Oh, Lord, through the revolution
Since my mother-in-law doesn’t speak much English, from all of the words in the chorus she didn’t really understand much more than “fly,” though she thought she understood “eagle.”
However, she considered a flying “eagle” so strange that she mentioned it to A., who had to clarify that an eagle is ein Adler and not ein Igel (or in other words… a hedgehog)!
28 June 2005 at 01:34
I got a really good chuckle out of this one! Tee-hee!
28 June 2005 at 13:33
Ha! I love it. Fly like an Igel! This made my day…
28 June 2005 at 14:47
I quite like the idea of flying hedgehogs. Perhaps wearing some little hedgehog-sized goggles and a tiny leather flying helmet?
01 July 2005 at 00:59
This story reminded me of the day I went into work and told my colleagues of the beautiful sight of an eagle flying past my car on the way to work. The looks of confusion said it all