MARY CAREY
Steve Brewer, right, and fellow Esperantists talk in their chosen language as young Basil Coffin takes it in. Esperanto will be his first language, just like it's his sister Ginger's first of three languages. Their parents David, whose first language is English, and Lena, whose first language is Russian, met at an Esperanto conference in Yalta in 2003.
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