Creep Mouse

Creep Mouse is an informal game played with

teenager, or adult) marching his or her two fingers up from the infant's toes towards the baby's midsection, reciting a rhythmic verse something like “Here, comes, the, creep, mouse, from, the, barn, into, the, house” once the walking fingers reach the midsection, the baby is then tickled^[2] and the sounds “giddy giddy getchya” are made, much to the baby's amusement.^[3]

This game is often repeated with an increased cadence with each round.

In the

Round and round the garden

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