Bedtime Story Editor in Chief

Every night, after the books are read and the prayers are said, Kenny wants a story or two (or ten).   He has gone through phases…. Hector the silly monkey, baby-Dudley, “Little Casey,” Hoodwink that rascal monkey, and on and on.   Until recently, he was fairly satisfied with whatever tale we conjured.   Occasionally he’d say, “That one again!” or “Not that one – another one.”   But lately, he’s gotten more and more specific on exactly what he wants his story to entail.

For example, last week, we started saying things like “Hoodwink by himself” if we started mixing too many characters in the story.   Then a few days ago, he started specifying plots: “Hoodwink by himself not being a rascal, being a good boy.”   Tonight, though, this is the intro he gave me:

“You tell one about Hoodwink by himself being a good boy, not making cookies and not going to sleep; Hoodwink at the park playing.”  

I started, but he quickly interrupted when I mentioned that there were other monkeys playing at the park: “No, Hoodwink playing by himself eating bananas.”  

Ah, for the days of silent submission.