Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Swiper! No Swiping!

Dora the Explorer is a popular children's television program. It is about as formula-driven as a show can be; so much so that if you see one show, you've seen them all. One regular character on the show is Swiper, a fox who sneaks around and steals things. In order to prevent Swiper from successfully stealing stuff, when you see Swiper, Dora and you are supposed to shout, "Swiper! No swiping!," three times.

Julene was driving around yesterday to various stores in preparation for Angelina's third birthday party. Suddenly, Angelina became very concerned and burst out with, "Momma, Swiper is going to steal all of my birthday presents." Angelina seemed to be comforted when Julene assured her that Swiper wasn't invited.

2 comments:

Darleen said...

Ah... that's cute! I guess all she has to say is swiper no swiping. Stella can help--she's really good at that.

Marleen said...

That is so funny. Although she may have to say Nora no swiping. Nora likes to help with opening presents.