The Muddily-Puddily Show
Fall for Fall
Emerson leads all of the girls to the garden theater and leaps onto the stage. “We are going to put on a show,” she declares. “Our show will be called ‘Fall for Fall.’ It will be about all the things that make us fall in love with fall.”
They can talk about jumping in leaf piles and trees of yellow leaves. They can recite poems, and Emerson suggests they can sing songs and dance dances.
Willa is nervous about the concept of her singing and dancing. But Emerson doesn’t hear her concerns. She keeps listing out things they can talk about. “We’ll sing and dance about fallish things, like ducks flying south for the winter, and pumpkins—”
“And splishy, splashy, muddily, puddily rainy days,” interjects Camille. When Kendall asks if they know any songs or dances about fallish things, Emerson says not to worry… the girls can make the songs and dances up!
Emerson stands in the middle of the stage and thinks. Then, she has an idea. To the tune of “London Bridge is Falling Down,” she sings:
Autumn leaves are falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
Autumn leaves are falling down,
Oh, so pretty!
Ashlyn jumps up on stage to continue, pulling leaves out of her pockets and tossing them around:
Take some leaves and toss them up,
Toss them up, toss them up.
Take some leaves and toss them up,
Oh, so pretty!
Camille, Willa, and Kendall applaud, cheering that this’ll be the best show ever.