I will tell you a story about Tommy and Reagan going to the beach.
Once upon a time there was Tommy and Reagan. Tommy said to Reagan, “Let’s go to the beach.” So they did go to the beach, and they did pack up chips, carrots, bananas, clementines, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chocolate chips and chocolate pancakes, too. And ice cream, too. And when they were at the beach, Tommy said let’s eat picnic time, and they had picnic time. And Tommy did eat ice cream, clementines, chocolate chips, and chocolate pancakes. All the mommies and daddies were there, too. Chips, chips, chips, there were lots of chips. They did go to a lot of stores everywhere. They went to the Valentines store to get trains and engines. And they did play there in the play room down in the basement. They did play with food and pretzels. They did swim around and all the kids did swim around in the water and when they did get up in the water they all got water all over right here [their faces]. And they were sad because they did not want to go bye-bye.
Tommy said “Let’s go to the park and the UPS store with Mommy and Daddy.” So they did go to the UPS store and the chocolate factory, and they did go home and play. And Juliet was there, too. And Matthew was there, too, and Matthew’s mommy.
And they did pick up the trucks, and then they said “Let’s play Gulo Gulo,” and Tommy did go first. And then Reagan, and then Reagan’s mommy, then Matthew, and Matthew’s mommy, and Juliet, and Juliet’s mommy and daddy, and Matthew’s daddy.
They did go to the park. And they did go to a museum up in the suburbs. They did go back home in the car there, and Tommy was a worker and he did work with the car. And they did play with the cars and they did play with the babies and they did wash their hands in the sink in there. And Katie was there, too. And Caroline, too.
That is the end.
Looks like he’s a master of emphatic forms!
That’s quite the story!
that is awesome! I love all the “Did”
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