New Year's Day 2011

Elias was able to come to work with me for a few days this week while his kindergarten was on winter break. One afternoon, all of the children were telling a story together during circle time - we began with "Once upon a time..." and then asked each kid to add a little bit to the story in turn. By the time we came to Elias, who was ending the story, we'd seen a parade of superheroes, princesses, monsters, and robots, most of which had been murdered and eaten by the next character to appear, and then a flood, which killed off all of the survivors. Elias thought for a moment, and then said, "Everything came alive, and to this day, this tale was told for good times."