Boo! - Ros Asquith

A boisterous rhyming story about a little boy overcoming shyness

My mum said to me today,
`'You silly little moose -
You're so shy, you wouldn't say,
`Boo!' to a goose!''

A timid boy doesn't want to play with the other children at a birthday party. Eager to prove to his mother that he's not really shy, he hunts round the garden for a goose. Instead he finds a monster and creeps up behind it, shouting, `BOO!' - but it's not a real monster, it's just a clockwork toy. Next he sees a tiger. But the tiger isn't scared of him either - it's really a cat. Gradually the boy builds up enough confidence to jump out on the other children, who are dressed as children, but they all tell him to `'Go away!''. But they're just teasing - they do want him to play with them really, and as a reward for trying so hard to join in, his mother has a special treat.a toy goose which the boy calls.BOO!