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“The Big Roaring Bear”

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Poppy with her mommy and daddy and baby Pete. Suddenly they heard a big roar. It was a bear that came to catch me, and we sunk down into a tree. And they lived happily ever after.

The End.

(Mater went in there, too. He played with me. He came from “Cars.”)

Family matters

What Pete talks about when he talks about things

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I made a list of Poppy’s words when she was about 15 months old. I think her comprehendable vocabulary took off a bit quicker than Pete’s has, but he’s been jabbering with meaning for much longer than she did. He’s starting to pull all the babbling together lately, though. Here are some of his words. (Maybe all of them, but I’m betting I’ve forgotten a few.)

  • No. He uses this one mainly when he’s in a mood.
  • Please. Offsets the “no” nicely.
  • Mama. He used to say “mama” only when he was very, very impatient and angry. He started using with a joyful voice recently, and it’s been a terrific change.
  • Juice. Milk is also “juice” to him, which can be a little confusing.
  • Cheese. He’s always very happy to get cheese, so it’s usually pronounced “cheeeeeeese!”
  • Daddy. Almost always said with an Exclamation Point or seven.
  • Biper. Not quite “Poppy,” but that’s what he means.
  • Hallo.
  • Bye-bye.
  • Whatchudoin. This is usually reserved for telephone conversations. As in, “Hallo! Whatchudoin?”
  • Cars. Poppy occasionally leaves one of her “Cars” cars unguarded. You can tell Pete’s found it when you hear, “Caaaaarrrrrssssshhhh!!!”
  • Vroom. See: “Cars.”
  • Go Go Go. This means it’s time to run as fast as his skinny little legs will carry him.
  • Gogur. Yogurt.
  • Addie. The little girl who spends the afternoons with us.They’re pals.
  • Melmo. Elmo.
  • Papa. That’s my dad.
  • Gamma. (Grandma.)
  • Gampa. That’s Rockford’s dad.

    • Reading

    I still don’t get the title

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    Clifford the Big Red Dog
    Once upon a time, the angry mommy came to the happy foods. And the happy foods screamed like this, “AAAAAHHHHH!” And the mommy was SO MAD, she was so mad, and then the food cried.

    And the toys blew away, and the angry mommy got rid of those toys and throwed them in the trash can! And everyone blew away. And they came back down, and everyone was happy. So was the happy mommy. While they were happy, they decided they wanted to play.

    The End

    Why is it called “Clifford the Big Red Dog”?
    Because that’s the title.

    But he isn’t in there anywhere.
    He is! He’s in the title. He’s the illustrator.

    Why was the mommy so mad?
    Because they yelled and screamed like this, “AAAHH, Ahhh!”

    What did the foods do to make the mommy mad?
    They throwed everything out of the house, and the parts of the house blew away, and the friends blew away, and the angry mommy blew away, and everything was all gone. And so did the people. The people looked stern also. (That means very angry.)

    Why did they look so stern?
    Because the foods are still crying, and they’re saying “No.”

    Why are they saying no?
    Because the mommy ran, ran, ran away, and she didn’t like it.

    What didn’t she like?
    She didn’t like saying no.

    Well, why did she say no?
    I don’t know. Oh! I said “no”! I must be stern.