Dear Bert et al,

Doin' remarkably well, "EK-chew-ly," thanks much for askin.' And as for BS (bilateral symmetry, what else?), not to "like" it would be positively anti-human...especially, one might suppose, for the male of the species.

"The Marvelous Toy" is a long-time favourite with my guys and quite a few other children-of-indeterminate-age of our acquaintance, as well. We do it, as Joe O. can attest, complete with explosive sound effects. It was our son Joel's nightly request for three or four pre-school years , because the "noises" in "The MARBLE-ous Toy" made him giggle himself giddy.

Another excellent children's song with "noises" is The Ugly Duckling" from "Hans Christian Andersen." Hope others will expand the discussion from these two titles into a proper list.

Ever,

Shula