dragons vs monkeys, a halloween fable
October 15th, 2008I pick up our 3 year old neighbor and Will from school on Thursdays. We’ve been talking a lot about Halloween, trying to convince Will to branch out away from superheroes. My neighbor is going to be a Monkey. Will has now decided he is going to be a Dragon. The conversation went down like this:
Me: [Neighbor], what are you going to be for Halloween?
Neighbor: A monkey. What is Will going to be?
Will: A dragon. Dragons eat monkeys.
Neighbor: No they don’t.
Will: Yes they do.
Neighbor: Will, we’re just pretend animals. They are just costumes. I’m a pretend monkey.
Will: I’m a real dragon and dragons eat monkeys.
Neighbor: Well dragons can’t climb trees.
Will: But they can fly.
Neighbor: Well, then, dragons can fly up to empty trees!
Apparently Will loves me to the moon and to the grocery store and to school and to the fire station and to the park. “That’s a lot, huh, mom?”