My dad, my oldest sister, Chelsea, my little brother, Gus, and I were working in the backyard when suddenly a really ugly, giant, caterpillar with sharp ears, and sharp teeth, and drool coming out of his mouth crawled out of the leaves. My dad threw a giant rock at the caterpillar, and it turned into a monster. But it was a good monster and didn't hurt us. Then the caterpillar turned into a wolf, and started to chase us. Everybody was screaming. And then the wolf turned back into a caterpillar. I tried to call my dad, but he couldn't hear me. He was busy picking up tiny caterpillars that looked just like the big one. Chelsea was in the living room and the caterpillar went inside and turned into a giant bird thing. Then my dad and I went inside and killed the giant bird thing.
The End
This story came from a dream Henry had a couple of nights ago. It must have been one of those really vivid ones that that you can't get out of your head, because, not only did he have me type out the story for him, but he's also drawn countless pictures of the creatures that were in the dream. Perhaps it's because I've been reading Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dobson, and thinking about the way little boys need to identify with, and model themselves after good, strong men (preferably their own fathers) to become good, strong men themselves that I recognized the manly, "identifying with daddy," symbolism in Henry's dream-story. You'll notice it was my little man-cub who went into the house with his father to slay the giant bird thing, thus saving his his big sister and baby brother from certain doom. Something about that is so sweet it brings tears to my eyes. I bet you other mamas of boys know just what I mean. Don't you?
3 royal subject(s) talkin' back:
It is always so sweet to witness the love between siblings, even if only in a dream. I pray my children will always be close. I notice that your children are very tight, even the older ones seem very tied to their younger siblings. Any advice on keeping the bonds strong even after they fly the coop?
I think I should read that book, I keep recommending it to Moms with boys. I love the "save the world" mentality of young boys.
I love that he could depend on his Dad in his dream too--and big sis won't mind a bit being seen as the beautiful damsel in distress!
My big boy takes his BB gun and escorts the smaller ones when they need to check on animals in the dark-I worry for the cats sometimes but his chivalry is not something I want to discourage.
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