Tell Me a Story
“Hmm. Okay, let’s see. The window. It just looks like a window, but every Halloween at midnight, it becomes a portal to the terrible world of Ba-Kyard. In the castle of Shed lives evil King Mower. Every week, King Mower comes out and runs around the kingdom, roaring and cutting off the heads of all his subjects, the poor Lahn people!”
Mom poked her head into the bedroom. “For Pete’s sake, Mike, just read her the library book I picked out for you.”
Alice pushed the library book further under her pillow. “Keep going, Dad,” she whispered. “You’re doing great.”
The Green-Walled Treehouse 
Love the last two lines. Yeah, Dad was doing great. You so excel at these.
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Thanks! Yeah, a bespoke story is better than a premade one, at least at bedtime. 🙂
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Well said.
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I love the word bespoke.
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The girl knows what she wants. Can’t blame her.
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Thanks, Sandra. Great picture too. 🙂
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King Mower is evil, which -is- why my lawn is… anyway, cute story 🙂
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Thanks, Trent. I wonder who will save the lawn from the evil mower, rust? 🙂
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And mommy was the evil queen… Adorable story.
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I know, right? Lady Buzzkill, haha.
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Such a perfect story 😂
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Thanks, Bernadette. Of course, I wonder how far he could go without running out of ideas. I guess we’ll never know.
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Hilarious!
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“Tell me a story”
You certainly did!
Well done!
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Thanks! So glad you liked it.
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Well she knows what she wants 🙌
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Dear David,
Who needs a moldy old library book when you have “that Dad”?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yeah, exactly. The best ones are the custom-made ones you get just for you, right? 🙂
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Cute story, David. This little girl lucked out in having a storyteller father. King Mower is a murderous tyrant!
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And cutting everyone down to size too so they’re all the same. Seems like an extended metaphor there. 😉
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I loved the play on words, David. Daddy is so clever and creative.
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Hey Russell, I hope it’s going well these days. Thanks for reading. Sometimes the simplest stories are the best, especially when telling it to a kid.
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I love what Dad makes of the terrible world of Ba-Kyard. No wonder the kid wants to hear more. Wonderful storytelling.
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Thanks! I could just picture him looking around wildly, adding whatever he can think of to the story. 🙂
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Beautiful. I love this dad. Fantastic wordplay in this.
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Thank you, Margaret! So glad you liked it.
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Alice reminds me of my youngest son! It was his step father who indulged him.
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Thanks, Dawn. It’s fun to tell stories to kids. 🙂
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I would love to know what happens next…perhaps mom cut his head off 😀
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He’d better make it less interesting or the girl will never get to sleep, haha.
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😀
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