Excuse Me, You speak 华语?

I was testing Ryan in the Chinese Oral Exams the other evening. I gave him a picture of a zoo and then he started to describe the details of the picture in Mandarin. He went on and on, enthusiastically in his "interesting" sounding mandarin. He speaks very little mandarin at home, but he studies in a school immersed in the Chinese culture and tradition and has a great tuition teacher from China. I am just thankful that he is appreciative of the language which is so important because I have always wanted him to know his roots and appreciate the rich Chinese culture. He was excited about the orals, describing enthusiastically but some stammering along the way...UNTIL the final, concluding statement.

我们不应该做弄动物因为如果老虎抓到你，你就会死得很惨。
(We should not provoke animals because if the tiger catches you, you will die a horrible death.)

Good grief. Are you going to say that to the teacher for your exams tomorrow, son??