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Papa Lai likes to complain that his brood doesn't speak Chinese well enough (and in the Little Prince's case, hardly at all).  Being the brassy, disobedient Chinese American daughter that I am, I counter his criticism with my own: he never spoke Chinese to us growing up so it's really his fault.

Even now, as I actively seek to improve my language skills, I speak Chinese to Papa Lai and he replies to me in English.  Papa Lai's defense:

"I'm old ok?  Old habits are hard to break and you can't teach an old man new tricks."