about how her mum got out of going to the toilet at night, especially during winter, by keeping an old-fashioned pee-potty under the bed.
Guess who woke up grumpy and stood in it the next morning? Jasmine’s mother. The pee-potty was half-full too. Could someone have sneaked in and shifted it during the night to just the right spot? Next to the bed? Surely not.
Even worse, her mother’s foot stuck fast and Jasmine’s dad had to help her outside so he could break the potty with a hammer.
Watching Jasmine’s mother slosh down the hall with the pee-potty on her foot was a sight the girls will never forget. Not the classiest act they’ve ever seen.
These days Jasmine’s mother still thinks she’s better than everybody else. But Jasmine certainly doesn’t think that way. And I know who’s happier.
You’ll also be pleased to know that Jasmine’s father now makes sure he goes to the toilet just before bed. And so does her mother.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
When successful actor and screenwriter Christopher Milne became a father, he found himself reading books at bedtime to his two boys, Peter and Robert. He soon ran out of storiesto read, so he started making up his own.
He quickly discovered that if he told Pete and Rob about good boys and girls doing very good things all the time, they were bored stupid.
But if he told them about naughty kids doing pooey, rotten, disgusting things, his sons would scream for more. ‘We want more of those naughty stories!’
‘OK,’ Chris would reply. ‘But only if you’ve been good.’ And so the Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls were born…
For more info on Christopher Milne and his books, go to www.ChristopherMilne.com.au