The story "The Origin of the Robin" suggests that parents' words are held at very high regard. This is how Ojibwa views the parent-child relationship. In the story having a very high regard of the fathers' views, the child followed the father's dictate to the extent that the child came to harm. He died and became the Robin.
If you asked your friend to hand you a book and he handed you a pencil instead, it is phonology as a language system that is most likely broken down. Phonology deals with systems of sounds which includes phonetics in a specific language.