Hazel and I were playing Dr. Seuss’ I Can Do That boardgame this afternoon and it occurred to me as I had to wiggle under the thinga-ma-stick with a styrofoam cake under my right arm – that the month of January was almost over and Aline hadn’t yet baked a cake. So I sent Hazel downstairs with a mission:
Hazel (following instructions from dad): Mummy! Daddy says you should bake a cake.
Hazel (following instructions from mum): Daddy! Mummy says she’d like you to clean the bathroom.
Hazel (following instructions from dad): Mummy! We agree to your terms!
It should be pointed out that Hazel wisely misunderstood my last instructions the first time and replied: Daddy will do it!
Making monsters is Dr. Nutt’s specialty. Her best creations are the Yummy Mummy, the Boogie-Woogie Man, and her masterpiece, Dracula-la-la! who loves to sing Opera music. It’s music to Dr. Nutt’s ears, but the villagers don’t like the idea of singing vampires roaming around their town. When they storm her laboratory they are in for a pleasant surprise.
