Tolkien makes for terrible counting rhymes

[thanate]

We are experiencing a period of facial exploration, which is to say that the Megatherium thinks it's absolutely hilarious to stick her little grabby fingers in other people's mouths and eyeballs. I was sitting back on the couch with her on my lap this morning, which is presently the best way to ensure face-to-face conversation without her wandering off mid-sentence, and reciting a handful of the odd bits of rhyme that hang out in my head. I had just got to "nine for mortal men, doomed to die" when she leaned forward and got my nose in her mouth. (Cute though this may be, I can't say I recommend the experience.)

Admittedly, as counting rhymes go that one's kind of terrible. No even numbers, no five, and they're not even in order.

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I remember that stage when mine were wee ones.

[thanate.livejournal.com]

So the nose-eating thing is normal, then? Dear me.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. And the sticking fingers into mouths and eyes and ears...

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Nine for mortal men OM NOM NOM

[thanate.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.

Good thing the one ring never got found by a toddler. It would go right down the throat, and then not only would you have an invisible toddler on your hands, but you thought lead poisoning was bad for brain development...