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why is Nat not washing himself?
because the letter H went skiing.
why did the letter H go skiing?
because it wanted to get away from all of the bananas.
why did it want to get away from all the bananas?
because the number 7 had too many ladybugs in her garden.

why is Nat not washing his hair?
because the letter R went skiing.
why did the letter R go skiing?
because it was afraid of the oranges.
why was it afraid of the oranges?
because the letter X had too many earrings in her garden.

why is Cookie Monster not getting dressed?
because the letter S went skiing.
why did the letter S go skiing?
because it was afraid of all the grapes.
why was it afraid of the grapes?
because the letter garbage planted too many pieces of soap in her garden.

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tonight's bathtub song started when Nat (the protagonist who wasn't washing himself) wanted more jokes about letters and numbers after I had made one up -- "if you drink too much of the letter T you have to go letter P" -- and followed it up with an old chestnut -- "Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9" -- and he didn't really get the jokes but thought they were hilarious nonetheless and requested one about a letter, a number, and a plant. so I made up the first verse as a narrated joke -- actually, the interstitial questions were Nat's -- and he thought it was hilarious, and so he wanted another one, and I said, no, let's make it a song, and I sang it, and then he wanted another song, and I said it was his turn to make one up, so he made up the next two, which I thought were hilarious, but maybe you had to be there.

we're booking studio time, I'm telling you.