My back has been hurting for a week now, which raises an important question: did one of the kids step on a crack and break their mother’s back? It’s certainly possible. But these kids, I tell you, they would not be content merely to have broken my back, as a learned today when they created a whole new set of rhymes.
Step on a bean, eat your mother's spleen. Step on a hose, break your mother's nose. Step on a rose, break your mother's toes. Step on a chair, burn off your mother's hair.
Anyone who says that kids are sweet clearly doesn’t know a thing about kids!