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The Hairy Toe

remember that story about the monster looking for his hairy toe? i read this book to mimi for the first time when she was three years old and when i got to the end where the creature looking for his hairy toe yells out "you've got it!" i pounced on her suddenly, yelling out 'you've got it!' and grabbed her. anticipating a good laugh, i was taken aback by her reaction. oh, man, did she scream. then her face crumpled up. then she started to cry.

i remember LOOOVING this story as a kid! my sisters and i enjoyed scaring each other with that surprise in the end. but, mimi was terrified. sheesh! i guess, in hindsight, my sisters and i were older than three when it was such a big hit with us.

after calming mimi down and apologizing for scaring her (we put that book away and she refused to read it for many moons) i got her to sleep and the next day when i took her to school she told on me to her preschool teacher, saying that mama read her a really scary book last night called the hairy toe and she did not like it and didnt want to read it anymore. her teacher told her to tell me, no thanks, mom. i'm not ready for that yet. it's a "maybe when i'm five years old" book. boy, did i feel sheepish! (baaaahhh!)

well, wouldnt you know, when she turned 4, it became one of her favorites. one night we read that book 4 times in a row. over time, she became more and more expressive in her reading of the story and i've been wanting to record it and finally remembered to last night. here she is reading the story. (sorry for the wobbly recording...i was juggling Ozzy in one hand and the camera in the other):

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