Finder's Keepers

This weekend I lost my wallet.

It was one of those silly mistakes.

Here is how it played out:

After a long walk, I had the groups personal items in my bag.

In order to return their things, 

I pulled many other things out of my bag.

One of which was my wallet,

which I promptly left behind.

After that we did three time consuming things:

 Chatted with locals.

Went for a walk.

Took at taxi to the next town.

Upon arriving in the new town:

I rummaged through my things
and discovered there was no wallet.
 

No reason for major alarm.

It was lost in Korea.

It would find it's way back.

Then my phone rang.

I answer it:

Them: "Are you missing a wallet? blah blah blah This is the police. blah blah blah"

Me: "YES!!!"

Them: "Where are you?  blah blah blah Where can we bring the wallet.
blah blah blah.  blah blah blah. blah blah blah"

Me: "I'm in 대천 beach."

Them: "blah blah blah. Where in 대천 beach?blah blah blah"

Me: "At the Manhattan Motel."

Them: "Ok. blah blah blah We will bring it to you wait there. blah blah blah.
Don't leave. blah blah blah"

Me:"Yes. Ok."

Only when I hung up the phone did I realize 

the conversation had been in Korean.

At the end of the day,

not only did I get my wallet back,

but I also my confidence and determination 

to learn this new language.

Necessity might be the mother of invention,

but it's the guardian angel of language adaptation.