Children helped me write my story this week

This past week was pretty uneventful. My heels are finally feeling better and I can walk around! My brother and I went to the Downtown Aquarium. It was nice to have brother/sister time but the aquarium ripped us off. We still had a good time though. I got help writing this story from the children of some ladies I am in a group I am in on Facebook. I asked the women to ask their children what kind of story they would like to hear. This week is the product of what they came up with. Enjoy!

Week 15 (13-19 April 2015)

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Once upon a time there was a castle in a far off land where all the kings and queens of the world sent their children to live. This castle was a happy place that housed farms and creatures of every child's kingdom. The children lived there to learn how to play well with others, work the land and be caring leaders for their future kingdoms. Prince Tucker, Princess Evelyn, Princess Charlie, Prince Nate Prince Cole Jackson, Prince Mason, Princess Kiannah and Princess Aria had become the very best of friends at this castle and every week they held races. They would pick their favorite animal or creature and the fairies would race them around the farm. The fairies gave special powers to their racing companions which delighted the children as a pig could keep pace with a puppy and a chicken could out maneuver a horse. The winner received special sweets after dinner until the next week's races occurred. It was the most jolly of times.

One day, after the races had come to a close, the fairies brought the children snacks along the race track. They satisfied their tiny taste buds with chocolate sweets, peanut butter and fresh honey sandwiches, cheesy crackers made by the fairies, fresh squeezed lemonade and so many other delicious things. The little princes and princesses chatted happily amongst themselves when one of the fairies sparked a conversation with them all.

“Sweet children, when you go back to your kingdoms to rule, what kind of kingdom will you have and what will you do as ruler?” the tiny fairy zipped around sprinkling her sparkly dust about their precious heads as if crowning them as they foretold their future kingdoms.

“I know exactly what I will do!” announced Prince Tucker, “I will have the biggest farms the world has ever seen. My people will always have work and lots of food! They will never want for anything because we will happily trade our goods with other lands. Everyone will work and laugh and sing and have full bellies! I will make the grandest fire truck my chariot and I will use it to resolve fires in the villages. My favorite horses, Jake and Jonas, will ride with me in my fire truck. They will rescue people and bring them to safety,” with a triumphant smile on his face he raised his chin and placed his closed fists on his hips like a noble leader, “What about you Evie?”

“I would ask one of the fairies to turn my favorite animal into a fairy. She would come with me to my kingdom and help me solve problems and make decisions. I would make her a new blue dress everyday to wear and she would go around cheering up unhappy people. The fairies will keep our land a peaceful, cheery place! How could it not be with farm animal fairies in blue dresses!” Princess Evelyn glowed at the prospect of being forever surrounded by the fairies she loved so much.

“That would be so fun Evie!” declared Princess Charlie, “I will have tea parties! Every month everyone in my land will be a prince or princess for a day! I will invite other kingdoms to join us in our parties. We will dance and twirl in fairy dust until our feet are so tired they carry us all to bed. I will build a giant castle where anyone can stay, even the fairies. No one in my kingdom will ever feel like they are less of a person, I will make sure they all feel like royalty! What would you do Nate?”

Prince Nate gave some thought to his plan. He was the most quiet and gentle of the group, “I would ask the fairies to bring my Pikachu to life. He will sit with me and guide me in my decisions. He will be loved by everyone and even go around entertaining the villagers to lift their spirits.”

“Pikachu could race in the races in my kingdom Nate! We will have the grandest races of all the lands,” boasted Prince Cole,” I will have regular animal races and mythical animal races. There will be all sorts of levels to make it fair and the winners of each level will get a fairy so we could have one big race! The winning animal and fairy will get to sleep in my castle until a new winner is named. Everyone will get lots of food and juices for participating.”

“My puppies could be adopted at your races Cole!” Mason, the smallest of them all loved puppies the most, “I will open lots of farms for puppies. They will pounce and bark and run about the farms in my kingdom while they wait to be adopted. I will take in stray puppies from all over the world and help them live happy lives. My people will become the best dog trainers and care takers any kingdom has ever seen.”

“When I become queen I am giving myself a new name,” chimed in Princess Kiannah, “I will rename myself Queen Elsa, only my closest friends will call me Kiannah. I will build a snow castle and have ice dances as often as I can for everyone in my kingdom. Everyone will get a hot chocolate when they enter in their ball gowns and black suits. The girls will get snowflake necklaces I will make for them and the boys will get snowflake pendants for their coats. It will snow everyday but no one will ever be cold and we will build large greenhouses to grow our food!”

“I will build a small general store,” stated Princess Aria, “Everything inside will cost just a dollar, Dollar General is what I will call it. Since my villagers will be busy working the land I will have cats and dogs working the general store. They will run around the store making people smile and helping them with their shopping!”

“So many wonderful ideas children! We cannot wait to visit your kingdoms!” declared one of the fairies. The children all giggled as they continued to describe their ideal kingdoms. Everyone of them different but each one wanting all the same; happy people in a happy land. The end.