Daniel's made up story

"Made-up Stories" are a common request from our kids. Andrew tells them brilliantly. Me, I try. Here's Daniel's version this morning. D: "What do you want the story to be about?" M: "Ducks and frogs." D: "Okay. One day there was a brother duck, and he hid from his mom and dad when he was supposed to have a time out. He hid under his sister's bed." M: "And his sister hid with him." (it's okay, we regularly interject into each other's stories) D: "No, his sister was at school. His mom and dad couldn't find him, so they went to get his sister from school. [really, they left him at home?!] When they got back, they looked under his bed and found him and said, 'NO!'. M: "Did he have to have another time out?" D: "No, he got 2 smacks (for the Americans reading this, that's a spanking). The 1st smack didn't hurt and he didn't cry. The 2nd smack was really big and he cried." [and he proceeds to demonstrate on a pillow what the 2nd smack was like] * So much for the ducks and frogs request. * You've no doubt realized that made-up stories have no resemblance AT ALL to anything that happens in this house...