Gabe's Trilogy

So, the boys were eating dinner tonight, and I was feeling pretty frustrated with Gabe.  He's been pushing Zach down a lot lately and talking back.  He said something fresh, and my face fell.  Gabe asked me if I was feeling sad, and I told him that I was feeling frustrated.  In response, he said that he'd tell me a story to make me feel better.

Book I
I can't remember the story (and he was whispering), but it started out as "Once upon a  there was a mommy."  It went on for a bit, so I reached for my notebook and asked him to tell me another story.  The second story I wrote down word for word.  Word.  For.  Word, people!

Book II
"Once upon a time there was a mommy and her two little boys and they heard thunder and lightening but it was just a dragon.  The Dragon said, "sorry to scare you but my leg was getting stiff."  And they said okay and the queen and dragon lived happily ever after."

I was SO impressed with this story, that I asked him for another.  He told me that he'd tell me one more, but that it would be my last story.

Book III
"Once upon a time there was a little mother and she was on a pirate ship with her boys and doggie.  There was a pirate and a treasure and the treasure was in a cave but they took it and the pirate said, 'The End.'"

Seriously?  Book II just blows my mind.  My leg was getting stiff?  I have to thank Auntie Auntie for telling Gabe pirate stories.  I think her pretend stories have inspired Gabe to make up his own.  And he clearly knows that telling stories makes a person feel better!