I LOVE that you just referenced that book! I must be an old loser, too, because it was one my favorites in elementary school. :)

Here's another old coot who remembers that -- do you remember the tune? (er, there WAS a tune, wasn't there, a fake-Chinese sounding jingle? I never could remember the words without it)

Your posts always give me a giggle!

I remember. But I am old, and spent my entire professional career with kids under five.

NOT possible you are old! I'm 22 and all my friends around my age definitely know it...Come back to New York and recite it with us. haha

Hahahaha, I would have been laughing along with you! I remember.

That book is currently being read down here to William (2) and Thomas (1).

They love it. And so do I.

I know it too. I even had it on a record. I loved that story when I was little and I'm glad others are sharing it with their children :)

We played that record endlessly! Prolly a 78 rpm!!

"Speak louder, child! The water rushes!"

I'm 24 and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about - so it's not limited by age! I can even picture the illustrations.... love it! :)

I'm also 24 and I remember it. Although I gotta say, that was a sad story. I remember liking another one about Anansi the Spider God a lot better.

i think i remember it. It involves a small child climbing a palm tree yes?

I would have been patting you on the shoulder as well, but I'm in my 50's and have experienced memory loss ha. Good to know SOME people got your ref...

I remember. And I grew up in Australia.

Weird, you talking about this, because I referenced this post on a Redbook post the other day.

So cool that you got to do it in a real, albeit one-sided, conversation!

Foo, your staff (bless 'em) just hasn't read all of the "childhood essentials." :)

For the longest time I had the kid's name wrong, and kept on saying "cherry berry" instead. No wonder whenever I used it as a replacement blue streak, folks would stare hard. *snorts*

:) Well, I might be old (41) but I read it to my four girls and they love the story. A young college friend of ours said his mother used to read that story and then add his entire name to the end of tikki's. Great analogy!

I am 38 and remember Tikki Tikki Tembo (not to be confused with Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, another classic)
thanks for reminding me of both.

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/tikki.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikki_Tikki_Tembo

Haaaa!! I crack myself up all the time. And after telling my husband I was a bit worried the people with offices close to mine might think I was crazy if they heard me singing (and yes, sometimes talking) to myself when I forget there are people within hearing range he replied, "I think you are crazy when you talk to yourself." (punk...where's his loyalty) Not that I'm trying to say that you are like me when I talk to myself...but, had I been there I would have laughed at your reference and at you laughing about your reference. It would have been goodtimes.