A Story

Stories are very much a part of our lives right now. Jackson is always asking us to tell him a story, we read stories in books, and he listens to stories on tape during his quiet times. Matthew has an ongoing story about a badger family that he tells the boys before bed. Often, Jackson will ask if I'd like to hear a story, and this last time I decided to grab a pen and paper and frantically try to capture. . .

Mama, I'm going to tell you the story about Daddy and me hunting in the woods. We were trying to dig a big hole. And then we heard something. And then we got our bows and arrows. And then we shoot it. And then there's a deer because we didn't have anything to eat. Mama, did you know that sometimes we need to do that? Shoot bears and deers because we don't have any meat? And then you know what? We maked ice cream. And then we maked chocolate cookies for you and Harry. And then we heard something and we got our bows and arrows and our shield and knives and shoot a lion's leg off because he was going to destroy us. He smelled us and wanted to eat us. And then we watched Curious George. And Clifford. And Transformers and some other shows and we watched Bionicles* and we watched a lot of shows before bed. And then we go to bed. And then when we woke up in the morning we heard a sound and so we took our bows and arrows and we got up and then we got out of our tent where we were sleeping and then there was a wolf and we shoot him. And then we got out of the forest and we came over the mountains. And then we saw our Mom & Dads and then we saw our grandfather.

* Transformers and Bionicles are toys that our 6-yr. old neighbor Charlie has, and Charlie is the man. Not sure if there are shows about these things? But that's not the point - this is his fantasy, and he can make up all the shows he wants and watch as many as he wants!