My husband and I, along with our daughter and grandchildren, went to the zoo the other day. After we'd been walking around for a while, and about the time we start approaching the snack bar and grill areas, our granddaughter proclaims she's hungry. Trying to make her point, as little ones often do, she started to walk hunched over in an exagerrated manner saying "I'm huuuuuuungryyyyyy!!!" Her mom asks "Hungry? But you just ate just a little while ago." When she asks her what she wants, our granddaughter says "Chips!" "Chips?!" we ask. "Yes", she says, beginning to drag her feet, "I'm sooo huuuunngryyyyyyyyyyy....".
In an attempt to get her to smile, in spite of herself, I pulled out my harp and played a simple Blues Riff then sang: "Miss Mona is hungry!" played the Blues Riff again, then sang "She's really, really hungry!", then played the blues riff again. I saw a smile start to cross her face, and my grandson was instantly transfixed (they both got harps for Christmas). Without missing a beat, my granddaughter says "And I'm thirsty, too!", so my next line was (naturally) "And she's thirsty, too!" then played the riff again.
"I want to eat here!" she states.
"We're gonna eat here!" I sing, playing a run up riff. As we climbed the stairs to the front door, I repeated the line with "We're gonna eat here" then played a decending riff back to the home note of the first riff and repeated the starting riff.
She made it to the top of the stairs first, standing straight and smiling, with a little spring in her step, eager to get her chips. My grandson turns to his mother and says "Mom, can we download that?"
"Download what?" she asked.
"That. What grandma just played."
We all chuckled and said "Can't download that. That was LIVE, man!"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2014 11:59AM by EarthDogHarpin.