Echoes

  Samuel Echoes is the name that everyone called him, but his real name was Samuel Epstein. His parents knew, right from his very first word, that their son was different, and they thought to themselves, When our boy speaks, people will listen. What was so different about his voice? When he said Ma-ma for the first time, it returned as an echo.
  His father was determined, that this oddity would not keep his son from having a regular life. And for the most part he did, he played every kind of sport, but he loved baseball best. His teammates adjusted to it quickly, and even came to like it. When Sam yelled encouragement to his pitcher, he would say, C'mon Tommie, fire it in there! The return sounding, In there.. In there..
  But the echo of his words wasn't the only thing different about how Sam spoke, but also his diction, it was perfect! Unlike his family and friends of his neighborhood of the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, he had no hint of the accent so thick with the others. When he spoke, every word that came from his mouth was pronounced perfectly, sounding like a narrator in a film.
  Now you might think, that the man to be known later in life strictly as Echoes would be extremely loud. but in fact what you heard, was perfect words being spoken at just the right volume. Crystal clear words, spoken at just the right pitch and volume for each listener. Perfect sounding words, pleasing to the ears, only to return in the wind as a whisper.