Teddy Bear ... tail... Me... no tail... Mummy ... no tail...

A couple of days ago, we read Sandra Boynton's "Horns to toes and in between". When we got to the tail, portion, I asked her, if she has a tail. She looked perplexed. The other parts, she quickly pointed to her own, like the eyes, toes, fingers, hands, head, tongue, etc. We skipped the horns, nowadays, she turns the pages very quickly.

So, today, she picked a teddy bear from our bedroom on waking and brought it to the living room. Lo and behold, when she put the bear face down, he has a tail! Then she spoke a lot and it went something like this. "Bear ... (a lot of syllables in between) ... tail, me (points to self and buttocks, and more syllables), no tail. Mama (more syllables, then points at Mummy, then to Mummy's buttocks), no tail".

It was really hilarious! She's telling me what she knows about tails!

So I quickly added on, tigers and monkeys have tails too. Luckily, the soft toys she has had tiny tails. The squirrel and penguin have tails too. Unfortunately, when Papa wanted to know, he picked Mickey Mouse and Pooh Bears, which didn't have tails. Sigh. Must make sure our toys are anatomically correct before purchase next time!