she'd splash the water
like this:-- Then she'd put another hand in the basin and
she'd splash the water like this:-- Then mother would wipe
both hands and she'd throw the water down the sink and she'd put away
the soap and the sponge. And Marni would watch mother and then she'd
say:
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"Where water?
Where soap?
Where sponge?
Water gone away!
Soap gone away!
Sponge gone away!"
And after that what do you suppose Marni would say?
"Shirt, shirt." And mother would put Marni's shirt over her head and
say:
"Peek-a-boo, Marni Moo,
Marni's head is coming through."
and then mother would button up Marni's shirt.
And then Marni would say "Waist, waist." Then while mother put on
Marni's waist she would say:
"Here's one hand
And here's another.
Marni's a sister
And Robin's a brother."
And then Marni would say, "Drawers, drawers." And while mother put on
Marni's drawers she would say:
"Here's one foot
And here's another.
Marni's a sister
And Peter's a brother."
And then Marni would say, "Stockings, stockings." And mother would put
on one stocking on her left foot, and then she'd put on another stocking
on her right foot. And then she'd fasten the garters on one stocking,
and then she'd fasten the garters on the other stocking. And all the
time mother would keep saying:
"Here's one leg
And here's another.
Marni's a sister
And Jack-o's a brother."
Then Marni would say, "Shoe, shoe." And mother would put one shoe on her
left foot and then she'd put on the other shoe on her right foot. And
then she'd say again:
"Here's one foot
And here's another.
Marni's a sister
And Robin's a brother."
And then Marni would say, "Hook, hook." And mother would get the
button-hook and then she'd button up the left shoe and then she'd button
up the right shoe. And all the time she was buttoning up first one shoe
and then the other shoe Marni would say:
"Look, look,
Hook, hook."
And when the shoes were all buttoned up, mother would hit first one
little sole and then the other little sole, and say:
"Now we're through
Tit, tat, too.
Here a nail, there a nail,
Now we're through."
Then Marni would run and get her romper and bring it to mother calling,
"Romper, romper." And mother would put on her romper, singing:
"Romper, romper
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