Daughter of a Poet and a Novelist

Lola was taking her bath tonight, with her usual complement of toys, and she put her toy horse in a plastic cup. I said, "The horsie's in the cup." She repeated, "The horsie's in the cup." Then, at two tones higher: "The HORSIE's in the CUP." And finally: "HEIGH HO THE DERRY-O the farmer in the dell." What genius! What poise!--K