said her Daddy . ` Do n't be rude , my daughter . ' ` I 'm not meaning rude , really and truly , ' said Taffy . ` It 's part of my secret-surprise-think . Do say ah , Daddy , and keep your mouth open at the end , and lend me that tooth . I 'm going to draw a carp-fish 's mouth wide-open . ' ` What for ? ' said her Daddy . ` Do n't you see ? ' said Taffy , scratching away on the bark . ` That will be our little secret s ` prise . When I draw a carp-fish with his mouth open in the smoke at the back of our Cave -- if Mummy does n't mind -- it will remind you of that ah-noise . Then we can play that it was me jumped out of the dark and s ` prised you with that noise -- same as I did in the beaver-swamp last winter . ' ` Really ? ' said her Daddy , in the voice that grown-ups use when they are truly attending . ` Go on , Taffy . ' ` Oh bother ! ' she said . ' I ca n't draw all of a carp-fish , but I can draw something that means a carp-fish 's mouth . Do n't you know how they stand on their heads rooting in the mud ?
Well , here 's a pretence XXXXX -LRB- we can play that the rest of him is drawn -RRB- .
Daddy Mummy Taffy ah-noise beaver-swamp carp-fish end secret-surprise-think tooth winter