Minor Flaw, Major Breakup: In 'The Toad and the Kangaroo', the toad and the kangaroo don't get married and have a child as they planned, just because they can't agree on what their potential child's name should be.Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: In the illustration for 'Anteater' a pair of ladies shoes is shown next to the eponymous creature.That is, assuming someone didn't drain the pool while she was diving. Failed a Spot Check: In 'Fancy Dive', Melissa somehow forgets to make sure that there's water in the pool before doing an extremely complex dive into it.The illustration shows an octopus in the lake instead. Exact Words: In 'Have Fun', the narrator assures us that it's safe to swim in Pemrose Park because there are no sharks in it.Empty Swimming Pool Dive: The punchline of 'Fancy Dive' is that the swimming pool that Melissa is diving into turns out to be empty.On one hand, it sounds a lot like a tired old excuse on the other hand, the poem's illustration is a grinning goat with ripped book pages in its mouth, so maybe he's telling the truth after all. Whether a goat really did eat the book is ambiguous. He wrote a new book in a hurry, but it's not as good as the first one, so he tells people to blame the goat if they don't like the second book. A Dog Ate My Homework: The narrator of 'Blame' says he wrote an extremely wonderful book, but a goat ate it.Does This Remind You of Anything?: The titular character in 'Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony' dying from a broken heart sounds an awful lot like a euphemism for suicide.Dem Bones: In 'Day After Halloween,' a salesman offers low prices on 'skeletons, spirits and haunts' he's overstocked with them now that the holiday's over.Just 'cause they couldn't agree on a name. That could jump a mountain or hop a mile. Absurdly-Long Limousine: It may or may not technically be a limousine, but 'Longmobile' certainly fits the spirit of this trope.How to Make a Swing With No Rope or Board or Nails.

A light in the attic 1981