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More Happy Feet Inspiration

Not to be outdone by her sister Emma, Amelia also created a book about Happy Feet.

Happy Feet Inspiration

Every Friday night is movie night at our house.  The girls watched our new dvd of Happy Feet, and after a spate of enthusiastic dancing, Emma decided to create a commemorative book.

What's wrong with Happy Feet by Emma Young.

It started the way it always does: The song became love, and love became the egg.  Well, Memphis the Eggkeeper dropped the egg.  In the cold.

He was the last one to have his egg hachted.

Mumble couldn't sing.  Not one tiny bit. But he could really dance.  Especially with his feet.

Then he met some Spanish friends.  They taught him how to sing Spanish.

After Mumble learned how to sing, he showed everyone.

THE END.

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Preschool Insults

Amelia and I were reading Martha Speaks, a wonderful book about a dog who is suddenly able to talk. Unfortunately, though, Martha speaks so freely and so frequently that her family wishes she would be quiet.  "SHUT UP!" they yell, and the little girl confesses, "Sometimes I wish you had never learned to talk."  Poor Martha is crushed.

At this point in the story, I paused to moralize.  "Poor Martha," I said.  "Sometimes people say things when they get angry that really hurt.  See how sad Martha is now?  Her family is sorry, but Martha's feelings still are hurt by the angry words."

Amelia nodded solemnly.  "Like I don't like you! or You're not my friend anymore!" she said. 

"Exactly like that," I said, and I returned to reading the book.  "'The next day, Martha . . .' "

Amelia interrupted.  "Or, You are not nice! Or  Get out of here, poopy head!  Or Go away, pee pee!  Or You are a cuckoo head!  Or Stop that, dum dum!" 

I looked at her.

"That's all the mean words I know," she said.