Leo and Fischer always want us to tell them a story or two once they get into bed, but this week I’ve been making them tell me one first before I tell one.  The other night both of them told different stories about Lightning McQueen, Chick Hicks and the King.  The best part is that no matter what story Fischer tells or wants told, it has to involve a witch – either Lightning McQueen and a bad witch, or a brother and sister and a good witch, or my modified C. S. Lewis: the tiger, the witch and the closet.  Leo’s a little more unpredictable – tonight she asked for a story about a clover and a leprechaun. 

It’s funny to hear what they come up with, but they’re getting better each day.  And they know to start out with, “Once upon a time . . .”  Fischer likes to close it out with a simple, “The End,” while Leo prefers the more traditional, “And they lived happily ever after. . . .”

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