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the story rug presents
ada twist scientist
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aydah twist scientist by andrea beatty
and illustrated by david roberts
aydah marie ayda marie said
not a word till the day she turned three
she bounced in her crib and looked all
around
observing the world but not making a
sound
she learned how to climb and made her
big break
with a trail of chaos left in her wake
she ran through the day chasing each
sound and sight
and didn't slow down till she conked out
at night
her parents were frazzled but tried not
to freak
as ada grew bigger and still did not
speak clearly
young ada with lots in her head would
have something to say when it ought to
be said
that's just what happened when ada
turned three
she tore through the house on a
fact-finding spree
and climbed up the clock just as high as
she could
her parents yelled stop as all good
parents would
ada's chin quivered but she did not cry
she took a deep breath and she simply
asked
why why does it tick
and why does it talk why don't we call
it a granddaughter clock
why are there pointy things stuck to a
rose why are their hairs up inside of
your nose
she started with why and then what how
and when
by bedtime she came back to y once again
she drifted to sleep as her dazed
parents smiled
at the curious thoughts of their curious
child
who wanted to know what the world was
about they kissed her
and whispered you'll figure it out
her parents kept up with their high
flying kid
whose questions in chaos both grew as
she did
even miss greer found her hands were
quite full
when young ada's chaos wreaked havoc at
school
but this much was clear about miss ada
twist
she had all the traits of a great
scientist
ada was busy that first day of spring
testing the sounds that make
mockingbirds sing
when a horrible stench whacked her right
in the nose
a pungent aroma that curled up her toes
zowie said ada which got her to thinking
what is the source of that terrible
stinking
how does a nose know there's something
to smell
and does it still stink if there's no
nose to tell
she rattled off questions and tapped on
her chin
she'd start at the start where she ought
to begin
a mystery a riddle a puzzle a quest
this was the moment that aydah loved
best
ada did research to learn all she could
of smelling
and smells both the stinky and good
one hypothesis ada thought could be true
that terrible stink came from dad's
cabbage stew
she tested and tested but soon ada knew
it was time to come up with hypothesis
two
then zowie the stink struck again
just like that hypothesis two it's
caused by the cat
the cat couldn't make such a stink on
its own it needed perfume and some fancy
cologne
so young ada tested the test was a flop
she started again but her parents yelled
stop
aydah marie aydah marie to the thinking
chair
now by the time we count three enough
said her mother that's it said her dad
her parents were frustrated
frazzled and mad why aydah questioned
her mother said no what ada queried
her father said go you've ruined our
supper
you've made the cat stink enough with
your questions now sit there and
think she looked at her parents
her heart turned to goo poor ada twist
didn't know what to do
she sat all alone by herself
in the hall and ada once more
could say nothing at all
and so aydah sat and she sat
and she sat and she thought about
science and stew
and the cat and how her experiments made
such a big mess
does it have to be so is that part of
success
are messes a problem and while she was
thinking
what was the source of that terrible
stinking
ada marie did what scientists do she
asked a small question
and then she asked two and each of those
led her to three questions more and some
of those questions resulted in four
as ada got thinking she really dug in
she scribbled her questions and tapped
on her chin she started at why
and then what how and when at the end of
the hall she reached why
once again her parents calmed down and
they came back to talk
they looked at the hallway and just had
to gawk
no patch of bare paint could be seen on
the wall
the thinking chair now was the great
thinking hall
they watched their young daughter and
sighed as they did
what would they do with this curious kid
who wanted to know what the world was
about
they smiled and whispered we'll figure
it out
and that's what they did because that's
what you do
when your kid has a passion and heart
that is true
they remade their world now they're all
in the act
of helping young ada sort fiction from
fact
she asks lots of questions how could she
resist
it's all in the heart of a young
scientist
and as for that smell what can ada twist
do
but learn all she can with her friends
in grade two
will they discover the stink that curls
toes
well that is the question and someday
who knows
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