The Snicklepeep
This is how things played out the other morning when I was making breakfast:
Me: "What you doing Maddy?" (whilst Maddy is on all fours nervously looking into one of the kitchen cupboards)
Maddy: "Looking..."
Me: "What are you looking at?"
Maddy: "Its a snicklepeep..."
Me: *chuckling and not paying a great deal of attention* "Oh, whats a snicklepeep?"
Maddy: "Its one of those, look...with arms and legs..." *pointing into kitchen cupboard*
Me: *heart skipped a beat, thinking 'rat'* "Where is it?..."
Maddy: "Right there, its looking at us...."
So, as much as I didn't want to look and very much fearing that a small furry creature would be staring at me, I took a look at the snicklepeep (with arms and legs) in the cupboard with some trepidation, and saw this looking back at me....
An escapee potato which has sprouted....yeah, I can see the funny side now!
It definitely does look a little...threatening.
Posted by: Emma | February 11, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Snicklepeep,how hilarious! I love that word-it reminds me of Pippi's made-up word that she used around town!
I love the patchwork bird placemat!
Posted by: Carrie | February 13, 2008 at 11:43 AM