Thursday 29 September 2016

Thumb, the Tell-tale




Retold by

Akoli Penoukou


Instructions:    To say this African nursery rhyme, stretch your left fingers. Then use your right forefinger to touch them as you call their names.

(Touch the thumb):                    This one cries: Ne! Ne! Ne!
(Touch the forefinger):              This one asks: What is the matter?
(Touch the middle finger):         This one replies: It is hungry.
(Touch the ring finger):              This one says: Food is in the fridge.
(Touch the little finger):             This one says: Let us eat it.
(Touch the thumb again):           This one says: I will tell Mama.
(Bend and unbend the thumb):  The thumb really told Mama.
                                                   The thumb is a tell-tale.
                                                   The thumb is a tell-tale.
                                                   The thumb is a tell-tale.

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