“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.”