Saturday, February 10, 2007

Wully-Wully

Me : "Suddenly Rataxes jumped out from behind the bush, shoved the little elephants out of the way, and seized the Wully-Wully, who let out a piercing cry."

E (interrupting): Who's telling the story?

Me (confidently and in an effort not to be found intellectually wanting for a second time in one week): An omniscient narrator.

E (dubiously): mmm

3 comments:

y.Wendy.y said...

Heavens! You use big words with the kids...mine just know...me...eat...sleep...drink and NO! heh.

Anonymous said...

She's a genius!

Lesley said...

Beefking: First of all, just want you to know that it's very stormy and rainy here. Secondly, she actually asked the question in French and said "Qui est-ce qui conte?". I think that her superior intellectual powers allowed her to see that although I was actually doing the talking someone else had invented the story. Next week I will be explaining the concept of "suspension of disbelief"

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