Here and Now Story Book Part 5

Where soap?

Where sponge?

Water gone away!

Soap gone away!

Sponge gone away!"

And after that what do you suppose Marni would say?

"s.h.i.+rt, s.h.i.+rt." And mother would put Marni's s.h.i.+rt over her head and say:

"Peek-a-boo, Marni Moo, Marni's head is coming through."

and then mother would b.u.t.ton up Marni's s.h.i.+rt.

And then Marni would say "Waist, waist." Then while mother put on Marni's waist she would say:

"Here's one hand And here's another.

Marni's a sister And Robin's a brother."

And then Marni would say, "Drawers, drawers." And while mother put on Marni's drawers she would say:

"Here's one foot And here's another.

Marni's a sister And Peter's a brother."

And then Marni would say, "Stockings, stockings." And mother would put on one stocking on her left foot, and then she'd put on another stocking on her right foot. And then she'd fasten the garters on one stocking, and then she'd fasten the garters on the other stocking. And all the time mother would keep saying:

"Here's one leg And here's another.

Marni's a sister And Jack-o's a brother."

Then Marni would say, "Shoe, shoe." And mother would put one shoe on her left foot and then she'd put on the other shoe on her right foot. And then she'd say again:

"Here's one foot And here's another.

Marni's a sister And Robin's a brother."

And then Marni would say, "Hook, hook." And mother would get the b.u.t.ton-hook and then she'd b.u.t.ton up the left shoe and then she'd b.u.t.ton up the right shoe. And all the time she was b.u.t.toning up first one shoe and then the other shoe Marni would say:

"Look, look, Hook, hook."

And when the shoes were all b.u.t.toned up, mother would hit first one little sole and then the other little sole, and say:

"Now we're through t.i.t, tat, too.

Here a nail, there a nail, Now we're through."

Then Marni would run and get her romper and bring it to mother calling, "Romper, romper." And mother would put on her romper, singing:

"Romper, romper Who's got a romper?

Little Marni Moo She's got two.

One is a yellow one And one is blue.

Romper, romper Who's got a romper?"

And then Marni would say, "b.u.t.ton, b.u.t.ton." And mother would b.u.t.ton up her romper all down the back. First one b.u.t.ton and then another b.u.t.ton and then another b.u.t.ton and then another b.u.t.ton, and then another b.u.t.ton and then another b.u.t.ton until they were b.u.t.toned all down the back.

And then Marni would say, "Sweater." And mother would put on her little blue sweater saying:

"Sweater, sweater Who's got a sweater?

Little Marni Moo She's got two.

One is a yellow one And one is blue.

Sweater, sweater, Who's got a sweater?"

And then Marni would say, "Hair." And mother would get the brush and comb and brush Marni's hair. And all the time she was brus.h.i.+ng it she would say:

"Brush it so And brush it slow.

Brush it here And brush it there.

Brush it so And brush it slow.

And brush it here And brush it there And brush it all over your dear little head."

And then Marni would say, "All ready." And mother would put her down on the floor.

Then Marni would say:

"Where my little pail?

My little pail gone away.

I want my little pail Come, little pail."

And mother would give her her little pail. And Marni would put one nut in her pail, and then she'd put another nut in her pail, and then she'd put another nut in her pail. And then she'd put a marble in her pail, and then she'd put another marble in her pail, and then she'd put another marble in her pail. And then she'd put her quack-quack in her pail, and then she'd put her fish in her pail, and then she'd put her frog in her pail. Then she would shake her pail with all of the nuts and the marbles and the quack-quack and the frog and the fish, and they would all go bingety-bang, crickety-crack, bingety-bang, crickety-crack.

And Marni would say, "Bingety-bang, crickety-crack. Where Jack-o?" And Marni would run to find Jack-o, and she would say, "Jack-o, hear bingety-bang, crickety-crack." And she would rattle her little pail with all the nuts and the marbles and the quack-quack and the fish and the frog. Then she'd say, "Where Peter?" And Marni would run to find Peter, and she would say, "Peter, hear bingety-bang, crickety-crack." And she would rattle her little pail with all the nuts and the marbles and the quack-quack and the fish and the frog.

Then mother would call, "Breakfast, breakfast. Anyone ready for breakfast?"

And Jack-o would call back, "I am, I am, I am ready for breakfast."

And Peter would run as fast as he could calling, "I am, I am, I am ready for breakfast."

And last of all would come little Marni Moo calling, "Breakfast, breakfast."

Then the two boys would chase Marni to the breakfast table saying:

"Marni Mitch.e.l.l, Marni Moo, Run like a mousie Or I'll catch you."

And Marni would scimper scamper like a mousie until she reached the breakfast table.

Then they would all have breakfast together.

THE ROOM WITH THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT ON THE GARDEN