Bedtime story by a 5 year old
I tucked the kids into bed this evening and read them their current favorite book; Where the Wild Things Are. As I was getting up to go out my 5 year old daughter asked me if she could tell ME a bedtime story. I said, "Sure sweetheart!"
I sat down on the floor next to her bed and settled in to hear what she would come up with.
Here is what she had to say:
Lexi: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Wayne. He was walking around his house looking out all the windows.
Me: What was he looking for?
Lexi: COOKIE TRACKS!
Me: Cookie tracks??
Lexi: Yes, he has a horse named Cookie Dough and he couldn't find her. So he was looking for cookie tracks (meaning footprints). He went outside the house and found some leading over to the lake. He needed to cross the lake so he swam across to find Cookie Dough. Then, there was an old woman sleeping in a house. Cookie Dough was tied up behind the house. Wayne went to untie her and the old woman woke up. Sooooo... he got out his cell phone and called the police. They came and arrested the old woman!
Me: Why did they arrest her?
Lexi: She is a HORSENAPPER! (said in a very ... DUH ... kind of tone).
I was laughing pretty hard at this point and she was loving that I was entertained by her story.
Lexi: So Wayne and Cookie Dough swam back across the lake to go home. And they lived happily ever after, the end!
I sat down on the floor next to her bed and settled in to hear what she would come up with.
Here is what she had to say:
Lexi: Once upon a time, there was a boy named Wayne. He was walking around his house looking out all the windows.
Me: What was he looking for?
Lexi: COOKIE TRACKS!
Me: Cookie tracks??
Lexi: Yes, he has a horse named Cookie Dough and he couldn't find her. So he was looking for cookie tracks (meaning footprints). He went outside the house and found some leading over to the lake. He needed to cross the lake so he swam across to find Cookie Dough. Then, there was an old woman sleeping in a house. Cookie Dough was tied up behind the house. Wayne went to untie her and the old woman woke up. Sooooo... he got out his cell phone and called the police. They came and arrested the old woman!
Me: Why did they arrest her?
Lexi: She is a HORSENAPPER! (said in a very ... DUH ... kind of tone).
I was laughing pretty hard at this point and she was loving that I was entertained by her story.
Lexi: So Wayne and Cookie Dough swam back across the lake to go home. And they lived happily ever after, the end!