Piggie versus Peedalee
Posted by E-George on January 30, 2009
There is the age old tradition of counting off odd lymrics on a baby’s toes. The older the child gets, the more vigorous the tug on the toe and the more variant the chant becomes. Currently, I have been trying to get Matthew to branch away from the standard Little Piggies recitation and into the more whimsical Pee-da-lee rendition. A side-by-side comparison goes as follows:
This little piggie went to market |
Pee-da-lee |
This little piggie stayed home |
Pee-da-loo |
This little piggie had roast beef |
Wissle Wassle |
This little piggie had none |
Nissle Nossle |
| This little piggie cried whee-whee- whee-whee all the way home!  |
And, Great BIG WHOPPLE TOPPLE!  |
Do you see the inverted approach by starting with the pinkie toe rather than ending there? I think it adds the exact amount of spice to the otherwise flat routine of those stupid piggies and their shenanigans. Matthew refuses to learn the pee-da-lees, though, and it is yet to be determined if he is doing so out of innocent amnesia about the order of progression or if he is doing a more subtle form of rebellion or if he is simply exercising basic avoidance. I’m going to guess it’s a hybrid of amnesia and rebellion. He is seen here meshing the two forms together.
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