When N was that age she had "poes" (kitty) for quadrupeds smaller than herself and "paa[r]d" (horse) for larger ones. Some dogs were cats, others were horses. When we saw a raccoon (in a cage) coiled up with its nose under its tail, she commented "Poes, mooie saat (staart)": "kitty, pretty tail". She may have been slightly older then, probably about 14 months.

Birds came in three sorts: in the air (voge[l] = bird), on the ground (atje, "eendje" = duck) and in the water (sraam "zwaan" = swan).