You're getting the idea here - each day they go out in the same fashion, see different creatures on the hill, go down the hill in the same way, etc. Senor Poky, however, sneaks in after bedtime again, gutses down the noisy custard and sleeps the sleep of the just. The next morning, "someone" has filled in the hole and put up a sign: "Don't ever dig holes under this fence! BUT.The five little puppies dug a hole under the fence, just the same, and went for a walk in the wide, wide world." This time, they get to the top of the hill and His Pokiness is missing again he's back at the bottom of the hill and this time he's heard something - it's chocolate custard! (I went 'err, what?' too, but apparently he can hear it being spooned into their bowls.) The four less-than-poky little puppies tear home, only to be scolded again by Mum for the hole under the fence, and sent to bed with no custard. (Apparently Mum's not up for puppy-counting and doesn't notice one of her sons is missing - perhaps once you have more than 4 puppies you get a bit lax about these things.) Lord Poky, however, comes home after everyone's asleep and snarfs down all the rice pudding for himself. He's smelled rice pudding back at home! The four non-poky little puppies race home ahead of him, but get into trouble for the hole under the fence and are sent to bed by their mother with no rice pudding as punishment. Where's puppy #5 buggered off to? Finally they spot the poky little puppy still at the bottom of the hill, and down they go "roly-poly, pell-mell, tumble-bumble", to suss out what Master Poky is up to. One morning, "five little puppies dug a hole under the fence and went for a walk in the wide, wide world." They climb a hill, but when they get to the top, one of them is missing. Now suddenly there's big twirly stands of them popping up at Borders and Target, which is how I finally found a copy of The Poky Little Puppy.įirst published in 1942, it's a harrowing tale of disobedience, the auditory qualities of chocolate custard, and the second meaning of the word 'poky' that I was not aware of. But until recently they seem to have been relegated to the Big W/supermarket kind of shopping venue. It's about escapism & rebelling against authority & the little guy who stands out from the others! Most importantly it's about using desserts as a threat."Įveryone had a nice stack of chewed-on Little Golden Books as a kid - my favourite was The Color Kittens(I like it best when they make pink). From the favourer: "It's the nostalgia factor really - it's the first book I remember owning.
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