Rylan's Story

On our way up to Sandy one day I had Rylan make up a story and I wrote it down. Here it is: Once upon a time there was a ball. And the ball saw a Christmas tree. The ball went up the tree. But there was one problem. There was a train going fast as light around the tree. So, the ball was a bouncy ball and the bouncy ball jumped up over the train. And then the ball bounced up into the Christmas tree. Then he saw lots of stuff in the Christmas tree. And one day the ball went to go up in the Christmas tree again and the Christmas tree was gone. So the ball made a big Christmas tree in his house. He found all the stuff that was on the Christmas tree and he put it all on his Christmas tree. The tree was the same height. One day he woke up and his Christmas tree was gone. Someone made tons of Christmas tree. So many that they would never be gone. One day the ball woke up and all the trees were gone. The end. I liked that he knew he needed to have a 'problem' in the story. And here's a quote from Rylan, written on the same paper. Must have been the same car ride. Ry: "I want a dinosaur pillow pet like Asher." Me: "Your birthday is coming up. Maybe you can ask for one for your birthday." Ry: "No. I'm asking you for one now."