For Christmas this year, Francie (and I) made a book of short stories with accompanying art for Mimi/Papa and Daddy. She was the brains and beauty, I was simply her recorder and editor. The following results are from her masterpiece ...
The Magic of the World: Stories By Francie Lynn Close
By FLC, December 2017, age 5 1/2 years
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Once upon a time, there lived a queen and king.
They never wanted to go outside because there was lava right outside their front door.
No one ever came in or went out because they were worried that they would get hurt.
And the butterflies always stayed on flowers, they never landed on the ground because the ground was lava.
There was only windows at the top of the castle because they didn't want windows to fall out
and crack on the lava.
The End.
They never wanted to go outside because there was lava right outside their front door.
No one ever came in or went out because they were worried that they would get hurt.
And the butterflies always stayed on flowers, they never landed on the ground because the ground was lava.
There was only windows at the top of the castle because they didn't want windows to fall out
and crack on the lava.
The End.
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Once upon a time, there lived a Mama and a Francie.
They loved each other.
One day, they went in to the forest and then, out of their face, or, out of their mind,
jumped a hungry pack of wolves and a hungry pack of coyotes and a hungry pack of foxes.
They looked at each other with a glare and started to attack the people.
But then the people's Daddy came and jumped in and defended them.
The End.
They loved each other.
One day, they went in to the forest and then, out of their face, or, out of their mind,
jumped a hungry pack of wolves and a hungry pack of coyotes and a hungry pack of foxes.
They looked at each other with a glare and started to attack the people.
But then the people's Daddy came and jumped in and defended them.
The End.
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Once upon a time, there lived a hungry giraffe.
He was a very nice giraffe, he did not eat people.
He only ate plants, leaves, and applesauce.
Then one day something changed.
He liked to eat weird stuff, like bugs, ears, earrings; and most of all his favorite food was poop.
But the next day something also changed - his family went away.
But a new family came. He had very happy times.
On the first day he met his new family, they went out for ten million scoops of ice cream.
Bug ice cream.
And then he wanted to find his real family.
He set off for 10 days, but no sign came.
The End.
He was a very nice giraffe, he did not eat people.
He only ate plants, leaves, and applesauce.
Then one day something changed.
He liked to eat weird stuff, like bugs, ears, earrings; and most of all his favorite food was poop.
But the next day something also changed - his family went away.
But a new family came. He had very happy times.
On the first day he met his new family, they went out for ten million scoops of ice cream.
Bug ice cream.
And then he wanted to find his real family.
He set off for 10 days, but no sign came.
The End.
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Once upon a time, there lived three monsters.
And they loved loved loved each other.
But one day, one set off to find another monster.
But all the others were like, "no, no, stay here! Stay here!"
But that third monster just kept going and going and going.
But he was nowhere to be seen.
And then the next monster left.
He went off to find another monster.
And the one was left behind.
So that one decided to set off also.
The first one who left came back with a smile.
He said, "Crew, crew, I'm back with some more!"
And then the next one came back.
"Crew, crew I have some more!"
The little monster stayed there all night, cold and shivering.
Then a fox came to sight.
"Oooh, I finally have something good to eat, mmm."
So the monster rose, and the fox was really frightened.
He got his big claws and teeth out and tried to bite the monster,
but he turned into a ghost and flew back to his crew.
The End.
And they loved loved loved each other.
But one day, one set off to find another monster.
But all the others were like, "no, no, stay here! Stay here!"
But that third monster just kept going and going and going.
But he was nowhere to be seen.
And then the next monster left.
He went off to find another monster.
And the one was left behind.
So that one decided to set off also.
The first one who left came back with a smile.
He said, "Crew, crew, I'm back with some more!"
And then the next one came back.
"Crew, crew I have some more!"
The little monster stayed there all night, cold and shivering.
Then a fox came to sight.
"Oooh, I finally have something good to eat, mmm."
So the monster rose, and the fox was really frightened.
He got his big claws and teeth out and tried to bite the monster,
but he turned into a ghost and flew back to his crew.
The End.
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Once upon a time, there lived a mermaid and her family.
The mermaid loved most of all to jump off of rocks with her fins.
She tried to stand up one day, and she finally got herself up, when "Plop!" into the ocean she rose.
She just kept swimming back floats, around and around a circle.
But then, rose a big hungry Great White.
The mermaid called to her family and said, "Family! Family! You must come now! The big shark is trying to rise!"
The little mermaid jumped and jumped so the shark did not get her.
And her family rose from the ocean and they all jumped on to a beautiful rock.
The shark couldn't handle any more, so the shark wanted to attack,
but knew if he jumped too high he'd unbreathe.
He tried once, but then, with a 3 and a 2 and a 1 and a 0, the shark went to death.
The End.
The mermaid loved most of all to jump off of rocks with her fins.
She tried to stand up one day, and she finally got herself up, when "Plop!" into the ocean she rose.
She just kept swimming back floats, around and around a circle.
But then, rose a big hungry Great White.
The mermaid called to her family and said, "Family! Family! You must come now! The big shark is trying to rise!"
The little mermaid jumped and jumped so the shark did not get her.
And her family rose from the ocean and they all jumped on to a beautiful rock.
The shark couldn't handle any more, so the shark wanted to attack,
but knew if he jumped too high he'd unbreathe.
He tried once, but then, with a 3 and a 2 and a 1 and a 0, the shark went to death.
The End.
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Once upon a time, there lived a family.
The first one was named Mama, the next one was named Francie, and the other was named Daddy.
But the family could not handle the family anymore.
So one day, they said goodbye with a tear dripping down their face.
But then they decided to keep each other forever, and they would never say something like that again.
The End.
The first one was named Mama, the next one was named Francie, and the other was named Daddy.
But the family could not handle the family anymore.
So one day, they said goodbye with a tear dripping down their face.
But then they decided to keep each other forever, and they would never say something like that again.
The End.
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There once lived a princess and her little sister.
They never got lost.
One day, they went into the forest and saw a big, big something.
They tried to figure out what it was, so they ran home and they got their supplies.
They accidentally dropped it. It was a big grizzly after hibernation.
Then their parents came and scooped the two up and brought them home.
The End.
They never got lost.
One day, they went into the forest and saw a big, big something.
They tried to figure out what it was, so they ran home and they got their supplies.
They accidentally dropped it. It was a big grizzly after hibernation.
Then their parents came and scooped the two up and brought them home.
The End.
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Once upon a time, Santa was with his reindeer.
And Rudolph leaped out of the crew and then Santa was really really sad that Rudolph ran away.
Because then he didn't have another reindeer to lead his sleigh that night.
So he got a red pompom and put a red light inside and put it on Dasher.
And then, he was like "Ho Ho Ho, I will have a lovely Christmas."
And then he jumped in his sleigh.
And as fast as a whistle, he went into the night sky.
The End.
And Rudolph leaped out of the crew and then Santa was really really sad that Rudolph ran away.
Because then he didn't have another reindeer to lead his sleigh that night.
So he got a red pompom and put a red light inside and put it on Dasher.
And then, he was like "Ho Ho Ho, I will have a lovely Christmas."
And then he jumped in his sleigh.
And as fast as a whistle, he went into the night sky.
The End.
