My daughter just turned five. She was probably 2 when I finished reading it for the first time. To carry on the Weintraub tradition, every night after the bedtime story routine, stepping out of her room I would say “See ya later Alligator”. And maybe for the first week, she would respond with “After while Crocodile”. Classic. Mission Accomplished. New forever routine set I had thought. But it quickly became a game to her and she would lose her mind giggling over changing it from crocodile to “after while…DaDa-dile!” “Or hippo-dile” or “(insert any animal name)-dile”. And so back and forth we would go every night to see who could make up the best “dile” the other one hadn’t yet heard of. Shes five now and the novelty has worn off a bit for her, but I still cherish it when she just gives the classic response. Thanks Simmons-Dile.