
If you have had a child in the past twenty years, you've probably read one of Laura Numeroff's many "If You Give" books... "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"... "If You Give A Pig A Pancake"... "If You Give A Moose A Muffin"... There are at least seven books in this series. They all tell a circular tale where the main character ends wanting the same thing at the end of the book that he started at the beginning of the book.
A few days ago, I discovered my 6 year-old daughter's version in her backpack and I just about died laughing. I had to share:

Sorry for the crappy scan. (Carrie, I'm still using your 1999 version of PhotoStitch... you know, old dog/new tricks).
Here's Baby G's PG-13 version:
If you give a dog a date,
he'll go out with a girl and have tea.
And that will remind him of his exgirlfriend.
Then he'll take a trip to find her and
brake up with the other girlfriend.
He'll start dateing his exgirlfriend again and
chances are, it will remind him of the tea
and then he'll take his new girlfriend
out for a date.
What the??????
So, my daughter has a future in YA literature. Fantastic.
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