Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Man and the Animals go to Egypt

Here is an adorable bedtime story for children, dictated to me by my daughter when she was 7 or 8 years old:
There once was a man and he had a boat and with that he went in the ocean to go to Egypt. When he was about to leave the shore, there came a cat and she said: "Where are you going?"
"I am going to Egypt," said the man.
"Can I come with you?"
"Certainly," answered the man.
And in she went.
Then came a cow. "Where are you going?" asked the cow.
"We're going to Egypt," said the man and the cat.
"Can I come with you?"
"Certainly."
And in she went.
And when they were in the boat in the ocean, there came a robin and it said: "Where are you going?"
"We're going to Egypt," they all said.
"Can I come with you?"
And they said: "Certainly."
Then they came to an island and a monkey was on it and he said: "Can I come with you?"
And they said: "Certainly."
"Where are you going?"
"We are going to Egypt!"
 And on they went until they reached land and when they got on the land it was so hot they had to take off their shirts. Then came a man and he asked them: "Where are you going?"
And they said: "Here!"
The End.
(C) by Allyson Burke

2 comments:

  1. It just goes to show: Wherever you go, there you are.

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  2. And it's the kids who know that. Logical thinking seems to fade with age, sadly. Thanks for reading it and the comment, Jeff

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