Two Stories From the Six-Year-Old Version of My Daughter

A few years ago my daughter made up a couple stories when she was six. She’s now almost nine years old. As a way to store her stories so I can show her when she’s grown up, here they are below:

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Toads were jumping along the river. A little girl came to see the toads. She caught one and brought it home. Her grandmother thought it was gross. She put it back outside and the next day she caught another frog. Her grandmother was startled. She said, "Put it back outside!" She was very angry. The girl was sad, but she put it outside for her grandmother. She was sad while she played with her dollies. It was three minutes and then she went into the living room to ask a question to her grandmother. She asked, "Why are toads so gross?" Grandmother answered, "Because they belong outside!" Then the daughter asked, "What kind can I catch?" The grandmother answered, "You can catch a lot of things."

"Like what?"

"Well... you can catch butterflies because you can only keep the butterfly for a few days."

"Why?" she asked.

"Because it will die."

"Oh, well, there's lots of butterflies in the country."

"Well, you don't want the butterfly to die, right?"

"Yes, grandmother."

"So, that's why you can't collect nature. If you keep nature too long, then it will definitely die. Have you learned your lesson?"

"Yes, I did, grandmother.

"Now that's your lesson for today."

"I loved this lesson...yes, I did."

The granddaughter asked her grandmother something and the grandmother said, "What, my darling?"

"Well, I have learned my lesson."

"Well honey, since you learned your lesson, I have a little surprise for you."

"Grandmother! Grandmother! I want to see it!"

"Okay. You can see it. It's in your room waiting for you."

"Oh yay, yay!"

"Honey, go see it right now."

"Oh yes, I will!"

She ran to her room and saw the surprise. It was a toad. She was surprised. She said, "Thank you, thank you Grandmother!" She was excited.

The end.

Masha, Bear, and Ferdinand

There bears walked along the path. It was a beautiful day outside. They saw their friend, Masha. Masha asked the bears if she could live with them again. The bears answered, "Of course you can. Excuse me for a second."

They went back to their house and did all kinds of fun things together. They washed dishes and played dollies and most of all, they had fun. Bear asked Masha to water the plants and Masha answered. She said, "Yes, my dear bear." She watered the plants and she saw a bunny hopping along the path. The bunny looked startled and scared. Then Marsha answered, "What, what, what's wrong?”

"The wolves are coming!"

"Oh, I need to tell bear."

Bear came outside and saw the wolves and ran back home and the wolves howled. They were so scared of the big strong bear. Masha and bear watched the sunset go down. They saw a deer running along the path and the deer said, "Oh, oh please help me! I am in big, big trouble! The wolves are coming, that's what!"

Bear answered, "I will save you." He stomped along the path. Bang bang bang. The wolves were scared. They never came back to that house again. They lived a long life and Masha said to bear, "Let's go to a china shop!" They went to the china shop and they go lots of glass stuff and saw Ferdinand there.

"Long time no see! Who is this cow?"

"Masha, Masha, it's my old friend - Ferdinand."

They went back home with his old friend and lived a long happy life.

The end.