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The Tiger Who Came To Tea

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nigelslaterfan · 02/02/2010 15:12

dd loves this book but am I being unreasonable to suggest that Sophie and her mother are massive pigs to sit at home and have such a massive tea of cake and buns and sandwiches? I mean it seems greedy to me.

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EccentricaGallumbits · 02/02/2010 15:34

always makes me feel like i'm tripping when i read it.
can still recite it beginning to end despite the DDs now being big and old.

shivster1980 · 02/02/2010 15:33

The Tiger drank all of 'daddy's beer' but not all of Mummy's Gin so one can only assume she hid it very well! The art of an alcoholic.

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nigelslaterfan · 02/02/2010 15:30

I agree she's a terribly tiny little Soak.
And that Tiger is a User.

At least it gives us a break from In the Blardy NIght Garden which is dd's total obsession.. sigh

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deloola · 02/02/2010 15:17

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deloola · 02/02/2010 15:16

I love this book too - but I think sophie's mum made up the story to make up for the fact that she hadn't actually bought any tea so had to come up with a plan to get the daddy to take them out.

MollyRoger · 02/02/2010 15:14

Dh and I believe that Sophie's mum is a gin-fiend and it is all a ruse to be taken out for dinner as she has been too pissed all day to shop or cook etc.