Baby-sitting

“Ouch!” screeched Minney Conklin, the mouse, when Timmy Rinek, the elephant, began to sit upon her. “What are you doing?”

Timmy jumped up and explained, “Your mother told me specifically that I am supposed to baby-sit you this evening while she is out to dinner, and that is exactly what I am going to do.”

“But,but…” Plop! “AHHHHH! ”

Timmy grabbed a book and began to read, and he soon was fast asleep.

Hours later came a DING-DONG… at the door. “Come in!” yelled Timmy. The door opened with a burst and in came Katie Conklin, the mother.

“Where is my puddin’ pie?” she whispered.

“Your what?” questioned Timmy walking towards her.

“My daughter, for goodness sake! Where is she?”

Timmy tip-toed over to Minney, who was now practically squashed into the floor, and said, “Here she is. She has been sat upon long enough.”

“You did what?!” yelled the mother, not believing what she heard. She ran over and peeled her smashed daughter off the ground.

“Do you know what you did?”

“Um… yea. I baby-sat your baby. Isn’t it that you what you said? ”

“Yes, but next time please do not take me so literally. Baby-sitting does not mean to sit on the baby. It means to watch over them. You must not take everything word for word. OK?”

“OK, but I still do not understand.”

“Timmy, listen carefully.” They both sat down and began to talk.

“Has someone ever asked you to make your bed?”

“Yes, many times. But for some odd reason they always get mad at me when I get wood, nails, and a hammer. Or when they tell me to make the room and I get bricks, they got mad too and give me a broom instead. They say I’m like a human, you know, with no brain. But, I don’t think I’m like a human at all. I thought I looked like an elephant. Don’t you think the same?”

“When they tell you to make your bed, they don’t mean to take it word for word. They just want you to make your bed. You know, not build another one but just to pull the match box closed. Oh, I mean pull the cover up. And to make a room doesn’t mean to build a room. You just have to clean it. Don’t you understand?”

“Yes, but this evening you told me to baby-sit Minney. What else could baby-sit mean than to sit on the baby? I surely don’t know. Will you explain it to me? Then maybe I will get the picture. I mean understand you better. ”

“Sure, I would be gl...”

“Wait! I know. Doesn’t it mean to watch the children? You told me earlier.”

“You have a good memory, Timmy. You are very smart. Now, don’t you think you ought to be going home before it gets too late and cold outside? Hurry up or you miss your bus.”

“I surely do. Thank you very much, Mrs. Conklin. OK, I really need to leave. I’m going to make this bus, I mean to say be on time ”

So, off he went after just another day of learning

Match the words and their definitions

1. To say	a) Speak or call out in a loud voice; say in a loud voice
2. To speak	b) Say things, speak to give information, discuss something
3. To yell	c) Make known in spoken or written words
4. To scream	d) Make a word or remark; use one’s ordinary voice
5. To talk	e) Speak, say something using the breath but no sound from the vocal cords, tell secretly
6. To tell	f) Give a loud, sharp cry of fear or pain
7. To shout	g) Make a loud sharp cry of pain or excitement
8. To whisper	h) Use language in an ordinary, not singing voice

Match the words and their definitions

1. To say	a) Speak or call out in a loud voice; say in a loud voice
2. To speak	b) Say things, speak to give information, discuss something
3. To yell	c) Make known in spoken or written words
4. To scream	d) Make a word or remark; use one’s ordinary voice
5. To talk	e) Speak, say something using the breath but no sound from the vocal cords, tell secretly
6. To tell	f) Give a loud, sharp cry of fear or pain
7. To shout	g) Make a loud sharp cry of pain or excitement
8. To whisper	h) Use language in an ordinary, not singing voice

Match the words and their definitions

1. To say	a) Speak or call out in a loud voice; say in a loud voice
2. To speak	b) Say things, speak to give information, discuss something
3. To yell	c) Make known in spoken or written words
4. To scream	d) Make a word or remark; use one’s ordinary voice
5. To talk	e) Speak, say something using the breath but no sound from the vocal cords, tell secretly
6. To tell	f) Give a loud, sharp cry of fear or pain
7. To shout	g) Make a loud sharp cry of pain or excitement
8. To whisper	h) Use language in an ordinary, not singing voice

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