Bedtime stories
nellebelle
When we turned out the lights last night, Lisa told me she was scared
because she had just read a story about a ghost. We talked about ghosts,
ghost stories, why they can be scary, how some people enjoy scary stories,
are ghosts real, and more.
When Lisa woke up, she told me that our conversation had helped, that she
didn't have any scary dreams from the ghost story. Then she announced that
she is going to write a ghost story of her own. She started it this
evening.
Mary Ellen
because she had just read a story about a ghost. We talked about ghosts,
ghost stories, why they can be scary, how some people enjoy scary stories,
are ghosts real, and more.
When Lisa woke up, she told me that our conversation had helped, that she
didn't have any scary dreams from the ghost story. Then she announced that
she is going to write a ghost story of her own. She started it this
evening.
Mary Ellen
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In a message dated 4/14/03 10:02:07 PM, nellebelle@... writes:
<< When we turned out the lights last night, Lisa told me she was scared
because she had just read a story about a ghost. We talked about ghosts,
ghost stories, why they can be scary, how some people enjoy scary stories,
are ghosts real, and more. >>
Another good story and a coincidence.
Earlier this evening Holly asked me to tell her the story of Hamlet. I
didn't ask why. Maybe it's because on the Simpsons they did Hamlet
(swordfight scene) the other night. I asked if she wanted it right then or
at bedtime. Bedtime.
So instead of the fairytales we've been doing, I turned off the light and lay
down and told her Hamlet, about 20 minutes worth. At one point when I said
Polonius didn't want Ophelia seeing Hamlet anymore, but she loved Hamlet and
didn't know why sometimes he was being nice, and sometimes mean, Holly said
"This is like West Side Story, and like Romeo and Juliet." Right near the
end she was falling asleep. She woke up when I was getting off the bed,
though, and I told her now I would tell her the way Wendy told Peter Pan:
The king dies, the queen dies, Ophelia dies, Laertes dies, and Hamlet dies.
And they all lived happily ever after.
It's a ghost story of sorts.
I was still a teenager when I figured out that talking about a story before I
went to sleep kept me from the bad dreams, but if I went to sleep without
"processing" it verbally and mentally, it seemed destined to be a nightmare.
Sandra
<< When we turned out the lights last night, Lisa told me she was scared
because she had just read a story about a ghost. We talked about ghosts,
ghost stories, why they can be scary, how some people enjoy scary stories,
are ghosts real, and more. >>
Another good story and a coincidence.
Earlier this evening Holly asked me to tell her the story of Hamlet. I
didn't ask why. Maybe it's because on the Simpsons they did Hamlet
(swordfight scene) the other night. I asked if she wanted it right then or
at bedtime. Bedtime.
So instead of the fairytales we've been doing, I turned off the light and lay
down and told her Hamlet, about 20 minutes worth. At one point when I said
Polonius didn't want Ophelia seeing Hamlet anymore, but she loved Hamlet and
didn't know why sometimes he was being nice, and sometimes mean, Holly said
"This is like West Side Story, and like Romeo and Juliet." Right near the
end she was falling asleep. She woke up when I was getting off the bed,
though, and I told her now I would tell her the way Wendy told Peter Pan:
The king dies, the queen dies, Ophelia dies, Laertes dies, and Hamlet dies.
And they all lived happily ever after.
It's a ghost story of sorts.
I was still a teenager when I figured out that talking about a story before I
went to sleep kept me from the bad dreams, but if I went to sleep without
"processing" it verbally and mentally, it seemed destined to be a nightmare.
Sandra