All About My Family (Penelope Tells Stories)

Penelope was in a story-telling mood this morning. Enjoy!

A Story

(as told by Penelope, age 4)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Katherine who had a pair of pink rain boots.  She liked to splash in muddy puddles in them, but one day her boots got dirty. She said, "My boots!" They were covered in mud.  They were so muddy, they were blue! Katherine cried when she looked at them. When she sat down to cry, her tears washed the mud away. Then Grandpa Dan came along. He said, "Oh, those are pretty boots!" And Katherine said, "Really?" Then Grandma Janie came along and said, "Oh, those are pretty boots!" And Katherine said, "Really?" So Grandma Janie sat down for a while. She said, "Katherine, your tears washed the mud away!"

The End.

A Different Story

(as told by Penelope, age 4)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Katherine. She thought of getting new shoes, but her mother took her to get a Christmas dress instead. It was raining. Katherine didn't want to go out on a rainy day. Mama said, "We'll make hot cocoa when we get home!" That cheered Katherine up. Christmas was coming that day. (Note: Not the real today.) Katherine liked to go to school. Her sister, Penny, liked to go to school, too, but Christmas was a stay-at-home day. While Mommy and Katherine were shopping, Daddy said, "Penelope, get ready for school!" Daddy didn't know any better than to tease. It was Christmas holiday! Mommy came home real quick! Penelope said, "Mommy, is it a stay-at-home day?" Mommy said, "yes!" It started raining even harder. Mommy couldn't take Katherine and Penelope out to buy dresses because they'd get soaked. She couldn't take them out to buy shoes because they'd get soaked. But then it stopped raining! The rain fell asleep, but then it was night, so they still couldn't go out to buy dresses. The next day came. It was too bad.

The End.

The Next Morning

(as told by Penelope, age 4)

"Oh, whew! It's not raining," Mommy said. "We can go out to buy dresses now while Daddy teases the house."

"But Penelope won't be there," said Katherine.

Mommy said, "Where will Penelope be?"

Katherine said, "She should be with us!"

 Then Mommy said, "Where is Penelope?"

Then Katherine said, "Where is Penelope?"

Penelope said, "Peek-a-boo!" She'd been hiding behind Katherine the whole time!

Then a nightlight came along. Penelope was scared. She just stood there feeling scared and hoping the nightlight was Santa. It had legs and a face and some Santa Claus hair and two hands; the nightlight was Santa. Then another nightlight came along. This nightlight was Mrs. Claus. (Mrs. Claus has an odd name.)

Penelope didn't ask Santa why he'd turned into a nightlight. He's magic, remember?

The End.