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Cursed with the Weisman writing gene, my daughter, now 3 1/4 years old, has spun her first story. It's about the wooden spoon you stir the brownie mix with. And it has a moral!
A Wood of ChocolateThere was a table.
And on the table there was a wood of chocolate.
And a little girl started to eat it.
"Mmm. Yummy yummy."
And another girl started to want it.
And the girl with the apron said, "No, that's mine!"
Er, "our" kitchen. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to explain to my son why lions eat chocolate before cubs. It's a tough sell...
And thank you for putting up a new post-anything long as isn't about middle relievers. Someone out there is thinking "you didn't have to read all 530 posts if it was making you nuts." But I did have to read them all--can't help myself.
And since no one can stop me, I bring you "Turkey Run" -- "written" (told out loud to a teacher who wrote it down) by my 5 yr old (light years behind that Weisman girl, I grant you). Assignment was "write a story about Thanksgiving."
Turkey Run
Turkey runs from the axe.
The farmer runs after him.
He doesn't catch the turkey.
They had to go to a restaurant.
(I'll expect those nice people from the city anytime now . . . .)
"What did the clock say to the window?
Let's be friends."
I wish I could say I ended it with "Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal."
Cute. :)
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