It begins.

Henry: I have to tell you something. My best friend William French [not his real name—Eds.] had a cold today.

Me: So he wasn’t in school?

Henry: No. I just said that.

Henry: Actually, I was just kidding. About the cold. I was kidding! Do you know what really happened?

Me: No, but you’re going to tell me, aren’t—

Henry: I have to tell you something. So. Today we went to see Star Wars at the movie theatre.

Me: You went to see Star Wars.

Henry: We went to the movie theatre to see Star Wars. And on the way out William French hit! A! Pole! Like a wooden pole. He hit it.

Me: How did you get to this theatre?

Henry: We all got into a giant, monster size Toy Yoda. We went to see Star Wars, and on the way out William French saw a big wooden pole and he hit it with his hand, like a karate chop with his hand, and he broke it! He went hi-YAAA and broke it all in half.

Me: This story keeps getting better and better.

Henry: And now I have to tell you the very scary part. He had a Big. Wooden. Piece. Stuck in his hand. And the nurse had to take it out.

Me: The nurse at the movie theatre?

Henry No, the teacher who is also a nurse. She had to pull it out of his hand with giant tweezers. And he shouted, AAAH! But then it was all right. His hand was just fine!

Me: Wow.

Henry: You know what? I was kidding! William French just had a cold.

Me: That was a good story!

Henry (whispering): Actually I’m kidding about the cold. Everything else was real.

Comments

[dodo]

AWESOME. Big grin here.

Is he too small for his own blog? Get the boy linked up!

[Robin in San Jose]

This must be why they have little kids do that exercise that has a series of pictures of someone performing a task that they have to cut out and glue in the correct order. I guess humans aren't born with the ability to tell a story with all the events in the right order, or even all the right bits in it. Still, it WAS a good story. 'Specially the part about the Toy Yoda. I heard those are really reliable and that they make a hybrid that's really popular.

[Jessie]

Adorably hillarious, just like always!

[lightspring]

So that apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?

Awesome story, Henry. And yes, when you start your blog, I'd love to read it.

I wonder if William didn't just have a splinter? I'd hate to meet that kid in a dark alley when he's in a karate mood though. hi-YAAA!

[Daniel]

My son also tells fanciful stories. If he tells you a fact you can rely on it, he's good with the facts, but stories...he just can't seem to help himself.

[jes]

get him his own site, stat. you've got a writer in the making.

[gwendomama]

bwahhahahahahaha!!!!! which is all i can say since reading your letter to four.love from the trenches of five. where all truth is fractured and the age of reason has yet to dawn.

[Vaguely Urban]

No more excuses for lack of posting, sweet Alice. You've got plenty of fodder, Age 4.

[Heather B.]

awww he takes after his mother. ;-)

you must admit, the kid can tell a story and he's quite hilarious.

[Bethany Suzanne Coffey]

Wow, sounds just like my little brother used too. Why is it that little boys are so much more elaborate in their stories? At least thats been my experience...and they could always make better shooting noises, ever notice that?

[Jonathon]

I LOVE when they start tellin' stories. He is obviously your child. (Read: he tells a kick ass story.)

[Michelle]

So I'm pretty sure the name is made up too.

[schmutzie]

Pretty soon that kid's going to have his own website.

[Alexa]

Don't let him near any gullible news reporters. My mother would be happy to tell you about the night a reporter called our house to confirm a "story." All I remember is the phone ringing and hearing my mother say to the person on the other end: "She told you WHAT?"

I can see the headlines now..."Boy Speared By Wooden Pole; Nurse, Giant Tweezers Save The Day."

[MomVee]

It kind of makes me doubt everything _you've_ ever told us, Alice...

[Sue]

OK this sounds like a dream I might have while taking a nap, a dream that seemed very real but turned out to be a dream, that I had during a dream.

[trish]

Is Henry 4? He must be 4! I love when they tell stories.

I have three boys and this is the kind of stuff they would spin off when they were in preschool.

Too cute.

[palinode]

Y'know, the same thing happened to me the other day.

Except it was David French who had the cold.

[Renee]

A site for Henry would be so cool! One of my friends started a blog for her baby when he was born, and you can read about his first teeth, the words he's learned, et cetera. (I mean, it helps that her kid is insanely cute, but still... good reading.) So now the kid's two and a half, I think, and he's starting to talk and do sign language! Soon, he'll write his journal himself.

[LadyBug]

That kid has a great future as a writer.

Or a politician.

[Candy]

Y'all think that was cute, but frankly I may have nightmares tonight. Henry freaked me out, man.

[clickmom]

Henry and me must be eating the same thing before we go to sleep. I have been having weird dreams too.

But Henry, the detail! Very impressive.

[Velma]

I'm entranced by the idea of cruising around in a giant, monster sized Toy Yoda! "Seat belts, you will buckle now!"

[Leslie]

Absolutely adorable.

[ChristyD]

THAT is funny!