The Singing Almond

The other night at dinner, Rhys was taking his time finishing his green beans with toasted almonds. We were encouraging him to just finish his dinner!! instead of playing. He calmly informed us that he wasn't playing; instead, the almond he was bouncing on the table was a Singing Almond, and that he was singing for us during dinner (he had been singing very quietly until this point). "Oh!" we said, not sure what else to say. "Carry on! Just put an almond in your mouth every once in a while, okay?" Unfortunately, that almond, and all the rest, squealed terribly as they were delivered into Rhys's mouth after singing us a song....