Sometimes I play a game in which children take turns
pretending to be a rooster while the rest of us pretend
to be the other animals on the farm, who are sleeping
through the night. We sing a lullaby and at the end of
the song the “rooster” crows, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!”
and wakes us all up. It’s a lot of fun and all the children
eagerly await their turn to be the rooster. However,
in their excitement, the roosters often call out rather
unusual things:
“Cockadoo!”
“Cock-a-doodle-Moo!”
“Doodle Doodle!”
“Wake Up!”
“Roar!”
“Rooster!”
Whatever the rooster says, everyone enjoys waking up
suddenly and very loudly!
