Storytelling is in my bones. My grandfather happened to be the king of telling compelling stories. Everything he shared held so much heart. He loved life and those who shared it with him. I tend to be one who sits and listens rather than share stories with words. My words linger in my brain until I put them down on paper and create the world once living within my brain.
I have mentioned in a previous blog that I created a story with my son one night to bring him joy. Go check out the blog, “The Cranky Lizard,” if you want to read more about that story. I randomly started a nightly tradition of spending a little bit of cuddling time with my son, playing thumb wars, goofing off a bit, and creating stories together.
He hooked right on to the story creation idea and now asks me to tell him a story every night. This generally means he’s cutting me off with ideas of his own and it becomes our story. He even tells stories of his own. I’m hopeful this is a long-time tradition.
I’ve been writing the stories down in my phone to keep fun memories. I thought it would be cute to share them with the world and have another safe place to keep them.
None of them have titles. Some of them are ones he created, some are ones I created, and some are both of our creations. They’re super rudimentary, not focused on substance, and were solely meant to make my son and I laugh. Most of them are also super short and may not make total sense but it’s about having fun!
Here we go!
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Story 1: Story by Ariel
There once was a ghost named Spooky Ghost. He always wanted to make friends and would try to say hi to people. He realized people couldn’t see him. He was so sad. On Halloween he realized everyone could see him when they complimented his ghost costume. He went around the rest of the night making friends and had a great time. The end.
Story 2: Story by Henry
There once was a black and white striped dragon. He also had orange circles on his body. His name is Breath Fire. He lives in a dark cave that has clams inside with lights in them so the dragon can see in the dark. The dragon found a crystal that gave him transformation powers. The crystal was orange and pink. He touched it and then he had magical powers to change into a person. On Halloween he wore a dragon costume. Everyone knew he was a dragon because he forgot to change his tail and wings. Everyone ran away and he was sad. Two adventurers named Henry and Mommy became friends with him. He let them fly on his back. The end.
Story 3: Story by Henry
Henry and Mommy lived in different houses. Henry learned how to walk and would spend all his time with his mommy. They would spend time in Henry’s room and had a lot of fun. One night when they were sleeping a thief stole Henry. Mommy punched the thief in the face and saved Henry. The end.
Story 4: Story by Ariel and Henry
There once was a horse named Larry. He had three kids named Jerry, Mary, and Berry. His wife’s name was Carey. One day they went on a ferry. They were on their way to visit their grandparents Terry and Gary. At their grandparents’ house they learned about a secret fairy. Her name was Bethany. She lived in the attic of Terry and Gary’s farmhouse. Bethany loved to sing. She threw the best karaoke parties for all the fairies. Terry and Gary could never catch Bethany as all the fairies would disappear when Terry and Gary would go to the attic. One day Jerry, Mary, and Berry were playing in the attic when Bethany appeared. It was quite a surprise. She heard them singing and wanted to know who it was. They all jumped in surprise. They all became friends and eventually they met Bethany’s husband named Harry. The end.
Story 5: Story by Henry
There once was a caveman named Jodo. He was on a journey to see some new dinosaurs. The end.
Story 6: Story by Henry
Once upon a time Charmander found a Squirtle who battled him in a challenge. Charmander lost. He cried and ran away. He wanted to find a trainer with tough Pokémon. He was in a cold area and none of the trainers liked Charmander. He had a feather on his nose that made him sneeze. Charmander found a trainer named Henry with tough Pokémon. Charmander was so happy. He battled Squirtle again and won. He evolved into Charmeleon. The end.
Story 7: Story by Ariel and Henry
Once upon a time there was a Henry and Mommy. Henry and Mommy were the best buddies ever. One day Henry and Mommy went on an adventure. They went to California and went to the beach. While on the beach, they went searching for treasure under water. Henry’s friends from town went along and their names were Athena, Christian, Isaiah, and Brantley. While under water, they spotted a magical turtle that was carrying a treasure chest on his shell. He was too fast due to his magical powers. Henry, Mommy, and their friends didn’t know what to do. Suddenly a lightning fish appeared. It looked red and yellow like the flash. The lightning fish told them they had to find a purple stone that would stop the turtle from being so fast. They searched for hours and then Henry and Mommy found it. They showed all their friends and then went to find the turtle. Henry threw the stone at the turtle and stopped it in its tracks. The treasure chest started to fall, and everyone swam to grab it. They went up to the shore and realized they were lost. They found an island with some turtles that could talk. The turtles told them of the secret hole in a cave that could transport them to their homes. They found the cave, made it home, and opened the treasure. It was full of new and cool toys. The end.
Story 8: Story by Henry
One day there was a picnic at fairly land. Henry, Athena, Christian, and Mommy wanted to see Kylo, a fairy. They went in a teleporter and saw their friend Kylo. They became fairies and had a picnic. There was a chocolate fountain that used to be a water fountain. You can dip whatever you want in. They wanted marshmallows. After the picnic, they slept over in a small tree. They had a lot of fun when it was morning time. They wanted to have a walk. They saw magical pets. They went into a magical pet store. They all got pets. Henry’s was a cat named pumpkin. Athena’s was a dog named Delilah. Christian got a parrot named Copier. They wanted to play outside and had a water gun fight. The end.
Story 9: Story by Ariel
One day Otto the otter went out for a stroll. While on his stroll, he met his friend Bob. Bob was also an otter. There were hundreds of Otters out for their Sunday stroll. Every Sunday, all the otters in Otterville went out for strolls. One Sunday, Otto went out on a bike ride. All the other otters were staring at him. He didn’t know what was happening. They started yelling at him to get off his bike. Otto forgot it was Sunday stroll day and not bicycle Monday. Otto was upset. He decided to become president so he could change the law. He made every day be a bicycle or a stroll day. All the otters thought he was so cool. He decided to do other things as president. He decided every day was taco day instead of just Tuesday. He built a huge pool for all the otters to swim in whenever they didn’t want to go to the lake. He also gave everyone a million dollars. The end.
Story 10: Story by Henry
Once upon a time a kid named Henry wanted a pet and his mom said yes. He was so surprised when there was a dolphin as a pet. He really wanted to order it, so he ordered it. It was three dollars. They bought it. The dolphin and Henry were great friends. They had a lot of fun. They played in a pool and had lunch together. Somebody was mad that they couldn’t get the dolphin as a pet. They took the dolphin away. Henry and Mommy drove to their house. Henry saved the dolphin. The end.
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Ten stories seemed like a good place to stop. Yes, we’re a little goofy, but I bet you laughed at least once! We’re still creating stories, so I anticipate there being more stories shared through my blog. I want Henry to be able to read these cute memories one day. Hopefully, he’ll have some sort of love for writing, reading, and storytelling.
I hope you lovely humans are taking care of yourself! Being a human is hard and you’re doing great!
Ariel Pierce 