New Thing- Create a children's story for D. using her stuffed animals
Inspiration: Winnie the Pooh Day
Time: 20 minuets
Bottom Line: “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Reflection: Today is Winnie the Pooh Day! Here is the description of this holiday
Winnie the Pooh Day was created to celebrate the birthday
of the creator, A.A. Milne. Realistically, Winnie the Pooh (and all his
friends) were created from stuffed animals that Milne's son,
Christopher Robin Milne, had as a child. Christopher Robin is also a
character in the stories himself. Celebrate A.A Milne's birthday and
Winnie the Pooh Day on January 18th.
Winnie the Pooh (along with Kermit the Frog) played a huge part in my childhood as staples of my imagination canon. One of the greatest thrills this year has been that D. has also developed a love for the Pooh books and has been listening to them over-and-over again on CD. So, in honor of this day, the whole Raining family got together to create a Pooh like story where her whole menagerie of beloved stuff animals, led by her dear constant companion, Mimi, marvel at the simple joys of this world. This story is based on a little rainbow that was reflected on our staircase from a prism that D. saw today. Enjoy!
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Mimi the
Sheep
by the Rainings
One day,
when D. had come home from school, she noticed an amazing thing on the staircase.
“A
Rainbow! Right here in my house,” she though with amazement. “I had better get Mimi to show him this,” she said. And off to her room
she ran.
She found
her dear Mimi-the-Sheep on the floor waiting for her.
“Mimi!” she said. “You have to come and see this.
It's a rainbow in our house!”
"I
like it!" Mimi said. “Let's try to capture it!”
“How?” D. asked.
“Well,
maybe if we used your pink unicorn horn. It's magical just like a rainbow,” suggested Mimi.
D. got
the unicorn horn, taking Mimi's advice, and tried in vain to pick up the
rainbow from the stairs.
“Well,
that didn't work,” said
D.
“Oh
bother,” said
Mimi. “If I
understand how magic unicorn horns work--that should have worked. Maybe this
one is on the fritz...unless of course I don't know how magical unicorn horns
work. That hardly seems likely. We'll have to try something else. I know, we
should try your net!”
So D.
went up to get her net and while where was there she asked Pink Puppy and
Lambino, and Uni the Unicorn to help.
“If
you had bother to ask me first,” said Uni, “I would have been happy to inform you that though the
unicorn horn is among the most magical of all objects on earth, it cannot pick
up a rainbow.”
“Oh,
here we go!” said
Pink Puppy rolling his eyes. “Another speech on the importance of unicorn horns.”
"All
I am saying is if you want to know about the most incredible powers that the
illustrious unicorn horn holds, you would do well to ask the unicorn in your
midst,”
argued Uni.
“Why
don't we sing a song,” suggested Mimi. “For one, it will change the subject. And for another, music
is magical in its own right.”
And he
began to make a little song:
“Oh
the trouble with rainbows
is that
they cannot be caught.
Their
beauty majestic,
yet
cannot be bought.
A strange
mix of sun
and of
rain
and of
light
you just
simply may not seize one
not with
all of your might.”
When the
song was done, Mimi said with confidence, “I know how to catch it.”
“How?” said Pink Puppy. “Should we lock it in a box?”
“No,” said Mimim.
“Shall
we grab it with our mouths or try to pin them with their beautiful horns? (Those
of us who are lucky enough to have one that is. And that is just me.),” said Uni
“No,” said Mimi.
“Should
we roll around in it so it gets caught in our wool?” said Lambino
“No,” said Mimi. “Take me into the kitchen and I
will show you what we need to catch the rainbow.”
When D.
went into the kitchen and saw what Mimi was pointing to, she knew it would
work. She took the device off the counter and took it to the stairs.
She
switched the device on and pointed and clicked.
“There,” she said. “We may not be able to catch
the rainbow, but now, which the help of our camera, we will be able to enjoy it
together for ever. “
“Well,
that wasn't very magical at all,” said Uni.
“Oh, I
think the memory of this rainbow that we all caught together will magically
live in our hearts for ever,” said D.
“Indeed,” Mimi wisely agreed.
And it
did.
“Wait,
what ever happened to the net?” Asked Pink Puppy.
“Hush,” said Uni. “You'll ruin the magical
moment.”
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