the little ones mind was humming with merry thoughts , but they were voiced in a language neither raddia nor gallan understood ; however , since young minds often tend to think in images , the same ones theyve only recently learnt to associate with words , they soon picked up three things : first , that although the extreme deformity and gauntness made the childs sex indeterminate , she was actually a girl ; second , that she was positively thrilled with all the fish wixelor had swallowed and regurgitated ; and lastly , that when she thought of them , she used a word that sounded like sun .