Patricia A. Compton

This book starts off with a father and son having a conversation about what they are most scared of, which are a thief, a wolf, and a terrible leak. But, the thief hears the words as a terrible "EEK" and the wolf does not know what a leak is, so they both assume it is a creature. Through their fear, they go away from the house and remained frightened throughout the night. Through them talking about things, other animals head of the terrible eek and also become just as frightened.

I think this book was very funny and could be very funny to a group of young children. It reminded me of the game "telephone" we used to play when I was younger, and it was always so funny to see how jumbled the original sentence or story ended up.… (mehr)