As dictated, unedited, while Mom, Dad, and Noah were napping.
There was a bear. And then he started hunting. Then the bear found a fox. And the fox started scratching the bear. And the bear could not beat the fox. The fox started wildly jumping and kicking and swinging its tail around wildly.Then a wolf came. And the wolf started tackling, too. And the wolf started jumping wildly, too. And the wolf was scratching the bear, too. And then some tigers came. Then the tigers started jumping wildly and scratching wildly, too. And then they began trying to bite at the bear. And then they started jumping on the bear and kicking the bear. And they all started jumping up to its head.
Then the bear was being so beaten up, it decided to go away. And then the tigers and the wolf and the fox started following him. And then the bear was even more frustrated with them that he climbed a tree, and then they climbed the tree with him. And then he started trying to fling himself to the sky, and at last he was in space.
Then the tigers, the wolf, and the fox flinged themselves into space with the bear. Then the bear was even way more frustrated that he flinged himself into Jupiter! And the tiger, the wolf, and the fox flinged themselves into Jupiter, too.
And then they went back into earth, got a big long wire, and attached it to one end of a pole in the earth, and they dragged it out into space and sparked the bear. And then they went back to earth, got some metal, and threw it at the bear. So the bear stayed in space while the tiger, the wolf, and the fox kept springing up and down to have a way to kill the bear.
Then they took a sparkling, killing fire and threw it at the bear. Then they took some snow and buried it in the bear’s eyes. Then the bear was so angry that he took a tree, and the tigers, the fox, and the wolf got hold of the tree so the bear couldn’t whack them with the tree, and then they whacked the bear with the tree and then he started flinging them into earth, but then they went into space and started whacking the bear to earth.
And at last they whacked him to the very ground of the earth. And then they took a spear and threw it exactly in the direction they threw the bear. And then they sended a big, giant monster down to earth to kill the bear for them. And then they swung the bear to dirt under the ground. And then they flung him into a ocean. The sharks killed him, and then they brought him out of the ocean and ate him.He must watch a lot of television to have all that violence in his stories... :)
Come to think of it, there may be a little McGuyver cleverness in the part about the big long wire that sparked the bear in space. :) But the omnipotent sharks must come from his latest obsession with deep-sea diving.
Just goes to show you shouldn't go hunting.
I was going to suggest that the bear in space came from the recent stargazing.
While I won't say that nature is entirely responsible, I do think it has an impact on boy vs. girl behavior. What are the chances that a girl would come up with this story?
I take your point, and I can't discount the effects of the Y chromosome. But it's not as clear an example of nature vs. nurture as it might be, since Jonathan has spent much of his play time in the company of older boys.
If Jonathan wants to save some sharks he should see today's Sherman's Lagoon.
I don't know if the adults have been following it, but Sherman is in trouble. The comic strip is called Sherman's Lagoon, so I hope this is not the end of our "hero".
Yes, I've been wondering how the author is going to get him out of this one!
