Once there was a little girl and her name was Marni Moo. Marni used to sleep in a little bed in mother’s room. In the morning Marni would wake up and she would say “Hello, Mother.” And then in a minute she would say, “I want to get up.”
And mother would say:
“Hoohoo, Marni Moo.
I’m coming, I’m coming,
I’m coming for you.”
Then mother would get up and she’d come over and she’d unfasten the blanket and she’d take little Marni Moo in her arms and she’d walk into Marni’s bath-room and she’d take off Marni’s nightgown and Marni’s shirt. And then she’d get a little basin, and she’d put some water in it, and she’d get some soap and she’d get a sponge and she’d wash little Marni Moo. She’d wash Marni’s face and then she’d wash Marni’s hands, and Marni would put one hand in the basin and she’d splash the water like this:— Then she’d put another hand in the basin and she’d splash the water like this:— Then mother would wipe both hands and she’d throw the water down the sink and she’d put away the soap and the sponge. And Marni would watch mother and then she’d say:
“Where water?
Where soap?
Where sponge?
Water gone away!
Soap gone away!
Sponge gone away!”
And after that what do you suppose Marni would say?
“Shirt, shirt.” And mother would put Marni’s shirt over her head and say:
“Peek-a-boo, Marni Moo,
Marni’s head is coming through.”