Following endless repetition of “Like a dog, like a dog, like a dog, like a dog, like a dog!” replete with jumping, leaping, spinning and flinging random toys shortly before bedtime:

“Noah, would you like to tell us a story?”

“Yes!”

There was a dog who went up a mountain. The dog’s name was It-Boo. It-Boo went up the mountain and he saw a kitten.

(What was the kitten’s name?)

It-Boo! It-Boo the kitten and It-Boo the dog played and they found a rabbit.

(What was the rabbit’s name?)

It-Boo the rabbit! It-Boo the rabbit and It-Boo the kitten and It-Boo the dog.

At this point, your narrator flings a toy across the room, and then sinks into the universal toddler playing a frog position.

I got to jump like a froggy!

(Is there a froggy on the mountain?)

Yes! Froggy and dog and kitten and rabbit and dog!

(What’s the froggy’s name?)

It-Boo the froggy!

Narrator flings himself at “baby sister” inside That Mommy’s belly.

(Does the froggy have a baby sister?)

Yes!

(What’s the baby sister’s name?)

It-Boo the baby sister froggy! He green. All the animals up on the mountain. I need another animal up on the mountain. A sheep!

Narrator flings a stuffed dinosaur across the room.

Dinosaur on the mountain! Two dinosaurs!

(What are the dinosaurs names?)

It-Boo! The animals play on the mountain and go climb on That Mommy’s lap. Dinosaur roaring at the animals!

Blue dinosaur bounds up the lap.

Roar! I want to eat you other animals in you lap!