Animal Rites

The first thing Denis sees when he wakes up each morning - or after his nap - is his pillow. He loves his pillow. He especially loves the animals on his pillow. He loves them so much he wants to stay in bed long after he's woken up so he can look at them all.

Of all the animals on his pillow, the porcupine is his favorite. Don't see the porcupine? Here, let Denis point it out for you. (Please picture a stubby little finger tapping three times on the porcupine, tap, tap, tap, to the tune of "oooh, oooh, oooh!")

That stubby little finger then points to the books on a nearby shelf, and a pair of eyes begs you to find the right book. The right book, of course, is this one:

Ten stubby fingers then flip through this book...

...until they find THIS porcupine. This porcupine also gets three little taps of a finger, tap, tap, tap, but this time the tune sounds something like "a-na-na". Which means "another one".

We go through a similar process before going to bed at night. But now the animals of choice are found in this book:

A green frog and a red bird. "Oooh, oooh, oooh!" Guess who has a green frog and a red bird? And guess who wants to show them to you every single time you read this book? 

Tap, tap, tap. "A-na-na!"