Then I say, “Let’s go and brush our teeth.” So Lola says, “But Charlie, I can’t brush my teeth because somebody is using my tooth.” “But who

Then I say, ‘Let’s go and brush our teeth.’ So Lola says, ‘But Charlie, I can’t brush my teeth because somebody is using my tooth.’ ‘But who would use your toothbrush ‘ I ask. Lola says ‘I think that lion. I saw a lion with my toothbrush and now he’s brushing his teeth with it.’ ‘But it isn’t this your toothbrush Lola ‘ ‘Oh,’ says Lola, ‘he must be using yours.


Lauren Child,

I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed