story time

today i had my kids draw pictures.  one of them proceeded to tell me a story about the picture she had drawn.  it was of a boy with a circle on his arm, with a car in the background.  she said he had broken his arm when that car, who had brought him there, ran him over.  so now he had a cast. 

i was so impressed with the thought she had put into her drawing (bizarre as it may be) so i asked the other kids to tell me about their drawings, and i wrote them down.  here is a selection for your enjoyment:

"the flower growed till he got taller.  leaves grew out of him and then he was tall."

"once there was an alien that had a big afro.  he lived in a planet called 'space' where aliens live.  he had a friend who's name was kambeadacle.  he could dunk.  he used to play basketball when he was a little kid."

"once there was a princess who lived in a castle that had a queen that could play basketball and had a little baby sister that played basketball in her dress.  her name was miss [my name].  she lived in a castle that had a flying horse that was pink that liked rainbows that shined after it rained, and had a stuffed animal.  miss [my name] played with samantha (it wasn't the same miss [my name] because she was black)."