Ring Around The Rosie
When I was about 5 years old, I had a Pat-A-Cake doll that would sing the Pat-A-Cake song. She was fun to play with, but I got tired of her pretty fast.
At the time, one of my friends had a Ring Around The Rosie doll that would sing "Ring Around the Rosie"...obviously. My friend eventually got tired of her doll, so we switched. We both had new dolls and were really happy about it.
I loved playing with that doll. She had two metal places on her hands, and you had to be touching both of them with your skin to make her sing. So, I would hold her hands and dance around the room with her, while singing along with her.
I loved that song so much, that I started to play it with my brother. There is this one home video where we're playing it and when we got to the "We all fall down" part, my brother fell down right where he happened to be, but I walked all the way over to where he was, and fell on top of him...and he tickled me until I got up. It was so sweet.
The funny thing about kids is that they always want to do things over and over. So, in that video, I kept asking my dad (who was working the camera), "Daddy, can we wing awound da wosie agin?" ...priceless.
I eventually grew tired of her as well, and put her in the basement. I didn't even think about her again until...
Well, I was at home, minding my own business, just being a kid, and I heard a weird sound...it sounded like some sort of music or an animal knocking about. I could tell that it was coming from the basement. I was so freaked out. For a little kid, it was very creepy.
Then, my mom and I went down to the basement to investigate and find the source of the mysterious sounds. As we got closer, we were able to make out some words...the "thing" was singing, "Ring around…ring around…ring-a…ring-a...ring around." over and over again. It sounded like a "Ring Around The Rosie" remix or something. It was rather humorous.
Then we found it, and it was just my Ring Around The Rosie doll. Not an animal or anything...just a doll. Somehow, it was set off. Even though no one was touching her hands. She just malfunctioned. It freaked me out half to death.
But I guess it goes to show that even a small doll can make a child's life more interesting...whether it teaches her a fun song, or freaks her out…or in my case, both.
(originally posted Saturday, May 1, 2010)
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