Scary enough?

Ali and Mia LOVE to listen to their Pop-pop tell them stories. He is a great story teller. Often, they try to get me to tell them stories, but the effect isn't quite the same. I keep trying though!

Today Mia asked me to tell her a "scary" story. We all know of Mia's fear/fascination with "wolfses" so I choose to tell a slightly altered version of the Three Little Pigs.

In my version, all the little pigs end up safe in the oldest pig's brick house with the wolf asleep in the front yard, tired from all that huffin' and puffin'. The end.

Mia: "But then what? When the wolf wakeded up, then what?"

Mommy: "Well, the wolf gave up on the pigs and ran clear out of the forest all the way to the ocean where he got on a boat and sailed away. The end."

Mia: "But that's not very scary."

Mommy: "No? Well, when the wolf got onboard the boat, he was still hungry so he gobbled up all the sailors. Then there was nobody to sail the boat, so the wolf is still out there..."

Mommy: "Uh, yeah, but... the piggies were happy and danced all the way to their mother's house and she made them a mud pie."

Mia: "and cake?"

Mommy: "Yes. And cake. The end."

Glad I didn't tell her about Little Red Riding Hood.