Three Little Kittens

So after that post on kate spade mittens, I went to a bookshop to look for the Three Little Kittens.







The pictures are lovely but the story makes no sense to me. The kittens lose their mittens and they cry. The next page tells you that they find their mittens and again they cry! J tells me this creates the opportunity to explain to children that sometimes we cry because we are sad but at other times we cry out of joy. Rubbish! I think the author was simply lazy and used 'cry' repeatedly because it rhymes with 'pie'. Oh yes, mommy cat gave the kittens pie (I think when they found their mittens). Pfft.