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Sunday, May 18, 2014

What we're reading: The Tiger Who Came to Tea (reimagined)

Have you ever been reading an old favourite to your kids and found yourself cringing at how it's dated, or wanting to talk some sense into the characters?  The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a classic, and a favourite in our house, but on the last read through I noticed it needed a bit of an update...


 Seriously, what self-respecting four-year-old drinks tea?



Notice how it's only men knocking on the door?  Only these days it's more likely to be a courier with something you've bought off Trademe, rather than the milkman or the grocer.




And then, without a thought for their own safety, or even checking to see who it is, they open the door!  Foolish mistake.


This tiger has no manners.









See what I mean?  No manners at all.  But look at Mummy and Sophie's perfect manners.


Mummy was floundering a bit here, and seeming a bit useless.  Sophie knows better than to tell her to buck her ideas up, but thought it would be helpful to point out that Daddy was a dab hand in the kitchen and could probably get his own dinner.


Mummy knew just what to do about the lack of water.


Doesn't this picture just shout "Honeys, I'm home!"?  This is one cool daddy-o.


A cool, beer-drinking, plaid-wearing dad.


Daddy's also very rational and sensible here.  First things first, sort out the tiger sighting, then we'll do fanciful things like go to a cafe to eat dinner.


Mummy hadn't had a great day, what with opening the door without checking who it was, letting in a tiger, letting the tiger eat ALL their food (AND drink Daddy's beer), and then floundering around seeming a bit silly once he'd left.





That's right, they'll certainly be more careful next time.  Or maybe they just like having tigers to visit?



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