Sitting Down to Eat

This felt story is based on the book of the same title by Bill Harley.  I shortened the words for younger audiences (toddlers!) with a smaller attention span than perhaps the author intended.

I was sitting down to eat,

Just about to begin,

When someone knocked on the door and said,

“Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big elephant looking at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

 “Thank you,” said the elephant. 

So we both sat down,

Just about to begin.

Someone knocked and called,

“Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big tiger growling at me!

I said, “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” growled the tiger. 

So three sat down,

Just about to begin.

Someone knocked on the door and called,

“Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big brown bear huffing at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” said the bear. 

Now four sat down,

Just about to begin.

Someone knocked and roared,

“Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big lion roaring at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” said the lion

Now there were five,

Just about to begin. 

Someone knocked on the door and moaned,

“Can I come in?”

 

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big hippo blubbering at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” blubbered the hippo.

Now we were six,

Just about to begin,

Someone knocked and yelled, “Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big rhinoceros snorting at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” snorted the rhinoceros.

Now we were seven,

Just about to begin,

Someone knocked and sang, “Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a great big blue whale spouting water at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

 “Thank you,” spouted the whale.

Now we were eight,

Just about to begin,

Someone knocked and cried, “Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

A great green crocodile was smiling at me!

I said “Alright, come on in!”

“Thank you,” smiled the crocodile.

Now there were nine squeezed in,

Just about to begin.

Someone tapped on the door and said,

“Can I come in?”

When I opened up the door, what did I see?

It was a teeny tiny caterpillar looking at me!

I said “I don’t know!  Do you think there’s enough room?”

She said, “Yes, there is.  I’m sure there’s room.”

She crawled in the door…

And the house went BOOM!