A Papa Like Everyone Else by Sydney Taylor

Author:Sydney Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781632460165
Publisher: IG Publishing

EIGHT

June days were hot and sunny, and there was no need for shoes. Gisella and her friends Ilona and Juli sat on the porch wriggling their bare toes in the moist brown earth. “I know what we can do,” suggested Gisella. “Let’s go dangle our feet in the ditch.”

All along the streets of Helmecz there were ditches for drawing off the rain to keep the roads dry. In front of each house, a small footbridge spanned the ditch, for they were seldom without water.

The girls plopped themselves down on the little bridge and started splashing about. Juli reached down into the water and scooped up a handful of mud. “See!” she said. “There are snails in this ditch. Let’s sing the snail song.”

When each girl had a snail in her hand, they began singing:

Snail, Uncle Snail,

Put out your little head,

And I will give you

A big piece of bread.

Here come the Tartars!

They’ll chop off your head,

Toss you in a salty well

And throw thorns upon your head.

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