ONCE UPON A TIME!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH.
   ONCE UPON A TIME!

    Once upon a time somebody
decided to make February 26th.
"Tell A Fairy Tale Day!"
     Which of us parents or
grandparents has not, at one time
or another, held our grand child
on our knee as we read or recited
the story of Old Mother Hubbard,
her empty cupboard, and her
hungry dog? We all love to tell
them!
      I have a wonderful time with
Fairy Tales. But I tell them a
little "differently."
      I enjoy mixing the details of
two or three stories into one. It
drives the kids crazy!
      A typical session with me
may go something like this.
Once upon a time a little girl
with a red cape was walking through
the forest to take a basket of goodies
to her grand mother. Suddenly a
wolf stepped across her path forcing
her to run the other way. She ran into
a house made of sticks by a little
piggy and slammed the door behind
her! The wolf stepped outside the
door and yelled to those inside...."
Little girl, little girl. Let down your
hair!" Fortunately the piggy had an
ax with which he chopped down a
bean stock behind his house and a
Giant fell out of a cloud and landed
on the wolf!
      Mckenzie, who is in Kindergarten,
usually just stares at me in disbelief
shaking her head from side to side.
She'll take over about then recalling
the story of Little Red Riding Hood
as most people remember it!
        Hope she survives my stories
with her memory and mind in tact,
and that all your NEWS is good!