LONG AND SHORT OF RACCOON SONG

LONG AND SHORT OF RACCOON SONG
Category: Life

Dear Blog Reader Friends,

Today was one of those days when granddaughter, Irissa--five, gave me ample material to write about. If you have any children in your life, you will acknowledge their genius at original takes on various topics. No topic is verboten to a child. Small children are actually midget, improvisational artists. Let me share the dialog between Irissa and I on our drive to school today:

Irissa: Grandma, what songs do you want to sing?

Me: How about "Five Little Ducks"? (I begin singing the song) "Five little ducks went out to play over the hill and far away..."

Irissa: That's too long of a song. I know a short song.

Me: What is the short song?

Irissa: It's a raccoon song. Want to hear it?

Me: Sure.

Irissa: A little raccoon went to school.....(a minute into the song) and he asked the daddy raccoon if he could have a sleep over...(two minutes later) and he was singing and eating bananas with his friend raccoon....(we drove into the school entrance) and that's the end of the raccoon song!!! Did you like that song, Grandma?

Me: That was a great song, Irissa. Thanks for singing it for me.

Irissa: (Getting out of the car) I love you, Grandma.

And that is the long and short of the Raccoon Song. It must fit the attention span of the singer and person it is sung to. That's how Irissa sees this give and take of music sharing.

Love and Songs,

Bev in the West