Clack, Clack, Down They Go!
A noisy block-building story for babies and toddlers, full of red blocks, yellow blocks, clacks, thuds, bumps and one slow rolling block.
CLACK.
Wood hits wood.
Red block.
Yellow block.
Hard corners.
Small hands grip.
Clack.
Open mouth.
Fast hands.
One block down.
Tink.
Two blocks up.
Clack.
Red on yellow.
Yellow on red.
Square edge.
Flat side.
Rough carpet
under knees.
Hand pats carpet.
Pat.
Block bangs floor.
Again.
THUD.
Again.
BUMP.
The tower grows.
One.
Two.
Three.
Hands move fast.
Clack-clack.
Clack-clack-clack.
Yellow block wobbles.
Red block leans.
Baby blinks.
The tower tips.
Slow.
Slow.
Then—
THUD.
BUMP.
CLACK.
Blocks hit carpet.
Red block rolls.
Yellow block falls.
One block spins.
Tink.
Tink.
Small hand stops.
Open mouth.
Still carpet.
Still blocks.
One red block
rolls once.
Rolls again.
Stops.