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A toad plays in the street, causing animals to "SKID! SCREECH! BAM!" After crashing their vehicles, each driver tells the toad to move: "What do you think your mama would say?" They find out when Mama drives up in a tow truck. Repetition in the singsongy rhyming text is tiresome but will encourage participation. The Photoshop illustrations are energetic in a cartoony way.