Home & Garden: Snakey Squeeze Toy

Are you sick and tired of your child having a cheerful, sunny nature? Perhaps the endless smiling and gurgling have gotten old? You need this toy!

Primary colors help convey the story of a hapless chick being slowly strangled to death in a format even young children will understand. It's up to you to decide the theme. Don't talk to strangers? Stay away from multicolored snakes? The possibilities are endless!

Constructed of flexible plastic, it's a snap to clean up and is highly water resistant. With its long chain attached to the bathtub stopper, children will be less likely to let the water out or even go near that end of the tub.

As a bonus, the toy squeaks when squeezed, which will help you emulate the death chirps of the chick as the grinning snake inexorably squeezes the life out of it. What more could you want from an educational toy?

We obtained ours at a local discount store; toys of similar usefulness are available everywhere.