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1 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

A little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes sat

patiently behind his mother in his booster seat as she started the

car.

The little boy said absolutely nothing as his mother turned

around to look at him. His mother met his crinkled up smiling

eyes with her own and said, is your seat belt done up?

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

said, yes my seat belt made a big loud click didnt you hear it?

The little boys mother said, Do you have anything you want to

tell me before I start driving the car.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wriggles in his toes

said, Nope I am good.

The little boys smiling mother said, Alright then, off to Nana

and Papas house we go.

The little boys mother started the cars motor with a twist of the

key and a vroom and a humming sound. The van backed out of

the drive way of their house and on to the road with the

crunching of gravel at the end of the drive way.

Now asking if someone had anything to say before starting a carmay seem a little bit unusual, to anyone who was unfamiliar

with certain children maybe even a little bit strange.

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2 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

Some children know many interesting facts about anything and

everything.

This little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toeswas just such a child.

Just as his mother was really relaxing and enjoying the music in

her minivan and just as she began to sing along to her favourite

song there was a thump, thump, thump to the back of her seat.

The little boy who will remain unnamed to protect his identity

did this on regular occasions because he found it far too difficultto wait until the van had parked to tell his mother anything that

randomly was crossing his mind.

His mother took one deep calming breath in and turned down

the music.She then put her very patient nice mommy voice on

and said, please do not kick mommys seat.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

said, Sorry mom, I just have something very, very, important to

tell you.

The little boy who will remain unnamed did this same thing

every single day.

So his mother who is very, very, smart and very, very, patient

left that radio off and said, Yes honey? What is it that you need

to tell me?

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3 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

smiled a great big smile because he knew something so

important that it needed to be shared immediately.

His mother said, okay, I`m waiting to hear your important thing

so tell me quickly.

The little boy took a very deep breath because he had a lot to say

and it was very important news to be told indeed.

Do you know about toads? asked the little boy with freckles

on his nose and wiggles in his toes. He paused and waited forhis mothers reply to his extremely important question.

I know not nearly enough about toads please tell me what you

know, the little boys mother said with a very patient smile

awaiting her childs usually more than entertaining answer.

Toads eat other small frogs and rodents, the little boy saidwith a giant freckle and fact filled grin.

Oh really well that is a very interesting fact that I did not

know, the little boys mother said and then waited for there to

be more facts to follow.

The little boys mother was really a very smart lady because as

soon as her hand moved just one inch towards the volume

control on the radio.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

said, I know one more thing about toads.

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4 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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The little boys mother smiled a great big smile and said, Well

then you better tell me because you can never know too much

about toads.

The little boy smiled his biggest smile and said, Toads areamphibians, and that means that they can live on land and in the

water too.

Really, now that is an amazing fact that I did not know. Thank

you for telling me. the little boys mother said with a big smile

because she really had known that fact yet pretended that she did

not know.

Is there any other facts about toads before I turn the radio on?

the little boys mother asked sweetly.

Actually toads do not have teeth, so they cannot chew their

food, the little boy said while smiling a smile his mother knew

all too well.

Then the little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his

toes added, A toad swallows its meal whole mom, when its

still alive.

His mother answered with just one word, gross.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toessmiled and said, Yes it is.

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5 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

They drove in silence for just one moment before the little boy

gave his mother seat a couple kicks because he was bored and

because it was fun.

Do not kick my seat while Im driving a driver needs to

concentrate on the road while driving. His mother said in a very

stern tone.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

remembered one more thing that his mother really needed to

know.

Some toads make a really bad taste come out of their skin when

they are scared so the animal that wants to eat them will spit

them right out.

That is really very interesting but its quiet driving time now

for just a minute, the little boys mother said with a deep

calming breath.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

scrunched up his whole face so he looked like he just ate a

lemon because he had a lot more to say now and he was finding

it very hard to hold it all inside of himself.

He tried looking out the window but that didnt work he tried

untying and then retying his shoe laces but that just made himeven more frustrated because he couldnt do them back up.

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6 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

He tried taking his shoes right off and putting them on the seat

beside him and that didnt work.Then he had a brilliant idea he

tied his shoe laces in knots and then tied them together.

He tied them ten times and then picked up one and because they

were tied together they could be used like nun chucks.

He was a ninja for just one minute and accidentally hit the back

of his mothers shoulder with one shoe that was tied to another

shoe.

His mother turned the radio off and said, Did you seriously just

hit me with your shoe?

Sorry I was being a ninja and I accidentally hit you with my

nun chucks. The little boy immediately apologised not meaning

to hit his mother.

The little boys mother pulled over the van immediately and

turned around in her seat she looked very frustrated as she said,

Of course you untied your shoes and took them off to make

them into nun chucks. You hit me in the back while I was

driving, do you want to get into a car accident?

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

thought of something all of a sudden and said, Do you thinkBrussels sprouts make a bad taste because they dont want you

to eat them?

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7 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

The little boys mother smiled shook her head and started to

giggle to herself and she replied, No, the doctor wants you to

eat them because they are green and green food helps us to be

healthy.

Im not sure I believe that, the little boy with freckles on his

nose and wiggles in his toes answered.

Sometimes it doesnt matter if you believe that something is the

truth, some things just are, the little boys mother stated.The

car was silent for a moment and then the little boys mother

asked, is that all you had to say?

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

said, Yup it is all I needed to say.

The little boys mother was just about to pull out and thought

that she had better double check. So, are you sure there is

nothing else that you need to tell me? his mother said knowingthat there always was and feeling a little afraid of being hit

accidentally by another shoe.

Nope all done, the little boy said with a grin that was so

enormous his mother could see it in the rear view mirror and it

made her smile even bigger.

Okay. His mom turned on her music and just as she began tosing her very first note.There was a kick, kick, kick on the back

of her seat.

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8 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

W r i t t e n b y K i m C o r m a c k | w w w . K i m C o r m a c k . c o m C O P Y R I G H T 2 0 1 2

Her little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

did have one more thing to say and his very patient mother

turned down the music and said in her most patient voice once

again, please do not kick the seats.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wriggles in his toes

looked very frustrated and his eyes were very, very wide and he

said in a very frustrated sounding tone, but I have something

very, very important to tell you.

The little boys mother took a big deep breath and said in her

sweetest most patient mother voice, yes dear, what is it that youneed to say to me now?

Toads are not that big here, but in Australia there is a toad that

is the size of a football. The little boy said very proud of

himself.

The little boys mothers eyes got big and she said, Thats a bigtoad.

Yes it is, the little boy said and looked out of the window

smiling because he knew this time that he had told his mother

something that she obviously did not already know.

They drove for a while in silence before the little boy

remembered something else that he was sure that his mother did

not know.Mom can I tell you something else thats really,

really cool? the little boy asked from the back seat very

politely.

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9 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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Why not, his mother said with a smiling face because she had

given up on relaxing and listening to music completely by this

point in the drive.

Its very important. Its so important I will bet you alreadyknow because old people usually know lots of important things.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

jumped around in his seat very excited to tell his mother the

really important thing he had been holding inside of himself for

a whole two minutes.

His mother on the other hand heard him say old people and said,

Surely you wouldnt be calling your mother an old person.

Youre just way older than I am, a lot older but you are the

prettiest mom that I know, the little boy said smiling a

charming smile which did not work one little bit on his mother.

It was the little boys mother who crinkled her brow now

because she did not like to think about getting older at all.Just

so you know its very bad manners to call anyone old, for any

reason, even if its your mother, his mother said.

Sorry, the little boy said with a bit of a frown because he did

not mean to say anything bad.

Its alright but how about we consider that one of the bad

words that youre not allowed to use, His mother said with a

smile that softened up her crinkled brow.

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10 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

squirmed around in his seat because he still had something very,

very important to tell his mother. What do you need to tell me

now, the little boys mother said with tired eyes.

Do you know about sharks? He asked with a big smile as he

tried to untie his shoe laces from each other.

Please tell me about sharks, his mother said with a great big

smile because he hadnt talked about sharks in a while but last

year he had talked about sharks almost every single day.

When a shark swims by you and bumps into you they are really

tasting you right through their skin so they can decide whether

or not you would be good to eat. The little boy said with a

smile.

Do you remember who told you that fact about sharks? the

little boys mother asked because she remembered exactly whohad told them that fact.

Who told me? the little boy said feeling as though he had

always known.

It was a lady working at the aquarium. Do you remember

now? The little boys mom said with a grin.

They were almost there and the little boys mom asked if he

needed to go to the bathroom because he was squirming around

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11 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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in his seat. The little boy said, Nope Im just thinking about

snakes so I thought that I would be one for a second.

Did you know about snakes? the little boy with freckles on his

nose and wiggles in his toes asked his mother.

I know some things about snakes, the little boys mother said

with a smile on her face thinking about how cute he was as he

squirmed like a snake in his seat.

Some snakes make themselves smell and taste bad when they

are scared too, just like some toads do, he said casually while

he looked out of the window at the large trees that they weredriving past.

That is a very interesting fact, the little boys mom said with a

smile as she concentrated on driving the van.

The little boy smiled and said, Do you like snakes mom?

Im not a really big fan of snakes honey but I like those more

than I like spiders, the little boys mom said casually as she

drove down the highway.

The little boy said, Well maybe if you knew lots about spiders

maybe they wouldnt scare you as much.

Okay, tell me what you know about spiders then, the littleboys mother said smiling as she concentrated on her driving.It

was raining now and there was traffic and she was really trying

to pay close attention to the road.

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12 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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Well the largest spider ever was over 8 feet long and weighed

over 500 pounds. The little boy said grinning.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes

watched his mother scrunch up her face as he spoke.

The little boy grinned and added It couldnt walk though; so it

couldnt catch you because it broke its own legs because it was

too big.

The little boys mom said, Lets not talk about spiders and

snakes anymore. I do not really like them and honestly they kindof freak me out.

Once again the little boys mother noticed him squirming around

in his seat and said, Thats it Im pulling over so you can go

pee.

You probably should pull over, the little boy with freckles on

his nose and wiggles in his toes said as he squirmed around in

his seat.

The little boys mother pulled the van over and said, Just one

second.She hopped out and ran around the van to open the side

sliding door to let him out.

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13 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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Okay lets go pee and you better hurry you look like youre

going to have an accident, the little boys mother said as she

stood by the side of the van watching her son squirm around likehe was covered in fleas.

But I dont need to go pee, the little boy said as he wiggled

and squirmed and giggled.

Of course you do look at you can barely control yourself, his

mother leaned over his seat to undo his seat belt.

They are tickling me, he said as he giggled and squirmed in

his seat.

Whats tickling you? Now you listen to me young man no more

of these shenanigans, his mother said sternly as she fumbled

with his seat belt.

If you pee in the car Im going to be really upset, just hold still

so I can undo your seat belt, the little boys mother said as he

squiggled and squirmed around.

I dont have to go pee they are just tickling me, the little boy

said followed by a fit of giggles.

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14 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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All of a sudden a look passed over the little boy with freckles on

his nose and lots, and lots of extra wiggles in his toes mothers

face and she said, What exactly is tickling you?

I had them in a bucket outside and then I put them in my

pockets because I didnt think that you would let me bring the

bucket, the little boy said as he wiggled, and jiggled, and

hysterically giggled.

The little boys mother froze in place with fear like a statue andshe got the shivers.The little boys mother knew that she did

really not want to know the answer to the question that she was

about to ask her son.

The little boys mother said, What was in the bucket?

Promise you wont get mad at me? the little boy said trying to

be serious through fits of giggles as he shook out his pant legs

and looked under his shirt.

Then he suddenly stopped laughing and said, thats better I got

them out.

The little boy bent over and dumped out his overnight bag inthe grass outside of the van and out fell a couple brown garden

snakes.

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15 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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His mother stopped herself from letting out a small squeal and

took a deep calming breath.

Was there just the two of them? his mother said as she got

shivers again and just a little scared to hear the answer to her

question.

Yes just two of them, he said with a sad face as the snakes

disappeared into the grass.

His mother knew that something had been tickling him and

if both snakes were there, what had been in his shirt making

him giggle?

I would have been able to show Papa my new pets if they

hadnt started tickling me you never would have known, thelittle boy with freckles on his nose and far less wiggles in his

toes than he had just five minutes earlier.I put them in my

pocket and they just would not stay put and behave, the little

boy groaned.

Tell mommy what was in your pocket right now, the little

boys mother said in a stern tone.

I just wanted to show my papa, the little boy said with a pout.

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16 | F r e c k l e s O n H i s N o s e a n d W i g g l e s i n H i s T o e s

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Tell me right now, his mother repeated as she scrunched up

her own face awaiting the answer.

Spiders, the little boy said in his most quiet voice.

The little boy with freckles on his nose and wiggles in his toes,

watched as his mother squealed, and screamed and ran around in

circles by the side of the road.

Now that they were stopped by the side of the road, and there

was plenty of time to talk all he did was shake his head slowly

from side to side and say............girls.