Round and Round the Garden

One day Rebecca sang:

"Round and round the garden
Like a teddy bear.
One step, two step,
Tickle you under there."

Gabby also sang:

"Round and round the garden
Like a teady bear.
One step, two step,
Tickle you underwear."

Mommy and Rebecca laughed. Gabby laughed, too. They all laughed, but for different reasons. Mommy and Rebecca laughed because Gabby changed "under there" to "underwear." Gabby laughed becuase she saw Mommy and Sister were laughing.

Sometimes Rebecca tickles Gabby under her arm when she sings this song. Gabby loves to be tickled and she always giggles.

Similar rhymes in Chinese were taught by Grandma. The following is an example:

"One rub,
Two rubs,
and three,
You're a good man
if you don't laugh."
(It does rhyme in Chinese although it doesn't after Mommy's translation. )

Different cultures do have commonalities.