Today at Mum & Tots group we sang "Little Peter Rabbit." This song is the story of a rabbit plagued by a fly on his nose, ears, etc. and whenever he swats it off one place, it lands on another part of his head. The group leader goes around the room with a rabbit puppet as we sing. The last line of the song goes: "and he flipped it and he flopped it and the fly flew away."
Leader to the children: "Where do you think the fly landed next?"
Emily: "Ireland!"
Very cute! ;o) It is such an adventure living abroad -- I just hope our children remember even a portion of what they've experienced.
ReplyDeleteThat's it. I've come to the point where I feel like I'm depriving my girls by not living abroad :)
ReplyDeleteIt's official, Richard and I are saving our lunch money every day to go towards our Back Pack through Great Britain 2nd Honeymoon in 2010. It sounds like a good thing to do when you're turning thirty, eh? Will the Dobberfuhls be available to let a couple of lodgers stay for a night or two during the spring of 2010? We promise to be on our best behavior, and mind our p's and q's (whatever that means!) How much do your charge per night?
SJ - do I really have to wait until 2010? I charge one jar of crunchy American peanut butter for staying at my house... and maybe some real maple syrup. Just let me know when you're coming... I'll come pick you up (shuttle service is complimentary, by the way) :-)
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ReplyDeleteI heard that those British nursery rhymes were actually political commentaries (old woman who lived in a shoe - old woman=King George, shoe=parliament). And we all know about Gilbert and Sullivan's 'hidden' meanings in the songs. So here's my theory - the song is another clever British commentary (the fly is the plague, the bunny is England, and the leprechaun is Ireland. The fly going over there represents the potato famine). It's just that Emily is too little to say the right 'code word' (leprechaun) and let out the 'real' answer (Ireland).
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