If You Take a Mouse To The Movies...

"If You Take A Mouse To The Movies"
By:Laura Numeroff

Heidi: "If you take a mouse to the movies, he'll ask you for some popcorn-"
Samuel: "Why does he want some popcorn?"
Heidi: "Maybe he's hungry..."When you give him the popcorn, he'll want to string it all
together. Then he'll want to hang it on a Christmas tree-"
Samuel: "Why is he 'tringing the popcorn? Why does he want to hang it on a Christmas tree?"
Heidi: "Because he wants to decorate the tree. Ok, "You'll have to buy him one-"
Samuel: "But why do you have to buy him one?"
Heidi: "Because he doesn't have a Christmas tree. "On the way home_"
Samuel: "But mommy, why doesn't he have a Christmas tree?"
Heidi: "Well, because he hadn't bought one yet! "On the way home, he'll see a snowman in
your neighbor's yard. He'll want to make one of his own."
(pause...waiting for Samuel's question)
Samuel: "Why did he see a snowman in the neighbor's yard and want to make one of his
own?"
Heidi: (sigh) "Because...because he just did.."Then he'll need a carrot for a nose-"
Samuel: "But why does he need a carrot for a nose?"
Heidi: "Because snowmen have carrot noses!"
(fast forward 7 minutes, mouse does a bunch of stuff, including decorating a tree...)
Heidi: " When the ornaments are done-"
Samuel:(studying pictures intently) "Why are the ornaments done? Why is he glueing the
paper?"
Heidi:"Because he was making ornaments out of the paper and he finished them! "He'll
hang them all up. Then he'll stand back to look at the tree--"
Samuel: "But why is he standing back to look at the tree? Why is the tree bending over
because it has too many ornaments on it?"
Heidi: "You answered your own question! Why do you think the tree is bending over?"
Samuel: "Because it has too many ornaments on it."
(fast forward 4 more pages and 9 questions later..)
Heidi: "...he'll want you to take him to the movies."
Samuel: "Why does he want you to take him to the movies?"
Heidi sighs and closes book....