3. Grandfather and the Enormous Carrot ©1998

Grandfather planted the carrot in his garden, he watered it carefully.
He fretted and he muttered, and he weeded and he puttered, then he let that carrot be.
And it grew and it grew and it grew and it grew, ‘til it was so big that grandfather knew
That he’d never get it out, but…

He pulled and he pulled and he pulled and he pulled, but nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move.

So Grandfather called to Grandmother, come help me if you please
Our carrot is huge and I just can’t move it, but with your help I’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother, they pulled and they pulled and they pulled and they pulled,
But nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move

So Grandmother called to my mama, come help us if your please
Our carrot is huge and I just can’t move it, but with your help I’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother and Mama, they pulled and they pulled and they pulled and they pulled,
But nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move

So Mama called me from my homework, come help us if you please
Our carrot is huge and I just can’t move it, but with your help I’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother and Mama and me, we pulled and we pulled and we pulled and we pulled,
But nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move.


So then I called to Farfel my dog, come help us if you please
Our carrot is huge and I just can’t move it, but with your help I’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother and Mama and me and Farfel the dog, we pulled and we pulled and we pulled and we pulled, but nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move.


So Farfel called to Kashka the cat, come help us if you please
Our carrot is huge and I just can’t move it, but with your help I’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother and Mama and me and Farfel the dog and Kashka the cat, we pulled and we pulled and we pulled and we pulled, but nothing helped, that carrot wouldn’t move.

So Kashka called to Pitzi the mouse, come help us if you please.
Our carrot is huge and we just can’t move it, But with your help we’ll do it with ease.
So Grandfather and Grandmother and mama and me, and Farfel the dog and Kashka the cat and Pitzi the mouse,
We pulled and we pulled and we pulled and we pulled, and this time it worked, the great carrot moved!

Down came Grandfather, down came Grandmother, Down came Mama, down came me!
Down came Farfel, down came Kashka, Down came Pitzi, and the carrot was free!

Accompanying hand motions:
Grandfather: put one hand on chin like a beard
Grandmother: put “glasses” around eyes with forefinger and thumb of each hand
Mama: put on big “earrings” with forefinger and thumb of each hand on each ear lobe
Me: point at self
Farfel: put pretend dog ears on top of head with forefinger and thumb in triangle shape
Kashka: put fingers of each hand pointing out from nose like whiskers
Pitzi: point at nose

Do each motion as each name is repeated……