Story Time
After the first round or two of stories and giggles, I decided I'd better get out the laptop and document some of their creations.
I wrote the stories down exactly as they told them, with no suggestions or corrections.
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Okay, AJ, now I'm ready. You can start telling your story.
Once upon a time, there lived a tomato. She lived in a beautiful house with couches with flowers of green and blue.
And one day there came along a stranger, who said, "I am the mailman, who has come to deliver you a letter."
So Tomato took the letter and read it, and realized it was from some upside-down ketchup.He had written, "Dear Tomato. Please fetch me a few tomatoes so I can make myself a wife. Love, The Upside-Down Ketchup."
[Giggle] Wasn't the letter silly?
And so, after she had read the letter, the tomato said, "Upside-Down Ketchup?" [I wish I could show you AJ's quizzical expression, with one eyebrow raised, and then the hands-up shrug that followed.]
And then, after that she had her lunch. And after her lunch she took a nap. And after her nap she called her husband home and ate dinner.
Her husband, which was another tomato . . . I mean, a potato . . . said, [insert deep voice] "I think I'll mow the lawn tonight, and then I'll grow a bit of corn."
And so, after the husband had mowed the lawn and planted a bit of corn, he said [deep voice again], "I think I'll go to sleep now." And so he did, and so did the wife.
The next morning, they woke up to find that the woman had a baby inside her tummy!And so they waited, and waited, and at last the baby was ready to come out. And so, since he was a boy, they decided to name him John.
And they lived happily ever after.
The End.
Well, that was certainly an interesting story! Now what story would you like to tell, M&M?
One day there was a bowl. Its wife was some right-side-up ketchup. [Here M&M turns the ketchup bottle upright, accompanied by giggles] . . . Was some right-side-up ketchup.
I say, was some right-side-up ketchup. Upside-down ketchup, right-side-up ketchup. Right-side-up ketchup!
And it had a knife for its wife. And then the knife cut its wife.
The end.
No, wait, it was the husband! The right-side-up ketchup. [Hilarious laughter from all three kids.]
Well, that was some story! Baby E, would you like to tell a story?
No way! Eat!
Then M&M said,
Write, "Let's go outside." And it's a story from me, Okay Mom? M&M. That's what I want you to write. The end.
Labels: just life, kid stuff, learning
4 Comments:
"No way. Eat." That has got to be my quote of the week. That's hillarious! --Kathy J.
P_K, these are marvelous stories! You can tell that AJ reads a lot and has caught the rhythm and wording of some fairytales.
I bet your girls would really enjoy "The Bravest Ever Bear" by Allan Ahlberg, where different characters tell the story at different times. The first story is "Once upon a time, there was a bear. The End." The bear doesn't care for that story.
Great stories! I loved M&Ms.. that was awesome....LOL
Very cute! Colleen ;-)
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