Lately, I met a crocodile who drives around in a car. He was pretty big and fat, and he blows a trumpet. The car was too short and his tail was too long, so it had to go on a little trailer at the back.
Okay, not really. This is a nursery rhyme. I told you I was going to learn them all before going back to the toddlers' group, and I meant it. All the classics. Krokodilen i Bilen (The Crododile in the Car) - tick. Bockarna Bruse (The Billy Goats Gruff)- tick (although a bit dubious on the last verse). Här Dansar herr Gurka (Mr Cucumber is Dancing Here) - tick plus. Var bor du lilla råtta (Where Do You Live, Little Rat?*) - about eighty percent. That's it for now, sadly, and that's only taken me less than a week because I half knew them already from F's CD. And Lille Katt, obviously, but I can sing that in my sleep now. I probably do.
F decided that my practice was a good idea, so she did some too. She woke up at three in the morning before the group and sang for about two hours. If I thought I might have a better chance at looking like I knew what was happening, I was wrong. I looked like I'd been on a month-long bender instead, right down to the flame-grilled eyes and the head full of hoover fur.
All the same, it was much more positive this week. I found a stroller for F, who whooped with joy and started trying to run over some of the crawling babies with great glee. She must be really frustrated that she can't crawl yet, I had no idea her envy ran so deep.
Ready to show off my newfound prowess in the singing circle, they surprised me by flinging out an English one. Possibly just for me, I'm not sure - I think some of the older kids have been learning it at their dagis as well. But we sang 'I like the Flowers', which I haven't sung since doing drama warm-ups back in my student player days at King's on the Strand. Turns out the Swedish for Boom-de-a-da is something like 'oo-de-lalli'. Probably not a strict translation, but it suffices.
*To which the answer is 'In Your Hat'. Hooray for nursery rhymes.
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