May 6th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Creative Nursery Rhymes
I am sure most of us grew up learning nursery rhymes, some of them still etched somewhere in our heads that we would be surprised that, even in our 30s, we could still remember them. One of them is this one:-
One Two
Buckle my shoes
Three Four
Shut the door
Five Six
Pick up sticks
Seven Eight
Lay them straight
Nine Ten
A big fat hen
On Sunday, as I was vegetating in front of the tv, Sasha sang to me a very funny version of the same rhyme .
One Two
I like to eat buah ciku
Three Four
Kambing lari, ti or or
(Malay + hokkien: Goats ran, the sky is dark)
Five Six
Long time no see, I love sick
Seven Eight
Hong chia boh bu lek
(Hokkien: The car has no brakes)
Nine Ten
Long tiuk botak head
(Hokkien: Hit a botak head)
Apparently, it was my uncle from Taiping who taught her how to sing this when she went there for a holiday. Beware what you teach your children. They will remember it for life.