Wednesday, May 30, 2007

"Once upon a time"

That's what she said today: "Once upon a time."

Ima: "Once upon a time" what?

HG: Once upon a time is the beginning of the story.

And she proceeded to make up a story, bit by bit:

HG: Once upon a time there was a scary monster. And he lived in a tree.

HG: And one day he fell out of the tree. He fell into a lake.

HG: He was very sad. He was a sad scary monster. In the lake.

Ima: So what did he do?

HG: There was a little girl. And she sat down next to the lake. And the scary monster sat down next to the lake.

HG: And they drank water. And they had a picnic.

HG: And the scary monster climbed back into his tree. And the little girl went back into her tree.

Ima: Did they live in the same tree?

HG: No. The scary monster lived in his tree, and the little girl lived in her tree, with Ima and Abba and Uncle.

Ima: And what happened next?

HG: The End!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

"Something big is happening."

Ima was reading the newspaper today as HG looked over her shoulder. She eagerly pointed out some words she recognized from the headlines: "paint", "quit".

Then she saw a series of words she could read (to Ima's surprise): "Something big is happening."

Can't argue with that!