It’s lunchtime and Hazel hasn’t finished her plate but wants to go and play – which she’s not supposed to do until she’s finished eating.
Aline: If I go over and look will I see an empty plate?
Hazel: Yes . . . (5 seconds later) . . Don’t go look.
With his “secret plans and clever tricks,” the Enormous Crocodile desires to lunch not with but on a nice, juicy child.