When your first child eats some earth, a bit of grass or a worm, you take it to a doctor. When your second child eats some earth, a bit of grass or a worm, you spit on a hankie and clean it. When your third child eats some earth, a bit of grass or a worm, you wonder whether it still needs lunch.

Vocabulary Help

  • bit of grass – um pouco de mato
  • child – criança
  • clean – limpar
  • earth – terra
  • hankie (hankerchief) – lenço
  • joke – piada
  • spit – cuspir
  • still needs lunch – ainda precisa de almoçar
  • wonder – imaginar, pensar
  • worm – verme