The Roly-Polys all began to talk at once.
Grandpa Grimes shook his head. “One at a time, please,” he said.
Then Freddie and Teddie and Humpty Dumpty all held up their hands.
Grandpa Grimes nodded to Teddie, who said:
“I fell asleep when you were telling about a dwarf.”
Then Freddie said, “I fell asleep when you were telling about the Oak-Tree Fairy.”
Humpty Dumpty did not say a thing.
Grandpa Grimes is old and gray,