Short Stories

The boys creation

A little boy lies in his cradle, his mother sitting beside him, a very happy expression on his face. The boy tries to sit up to see his mother's face, but when he's tries he immediately plops over.

He gets a little help from is mother, then notices a book with a very colorful cover, lying on her lap. The little boy points to the book on his mothers lap, she already knew what he wanted. When she picks up the child, she sets him on the floor, his toothless smile gets bright.

The story the mother read was about 4 children, who end up in a magical place with trees dancing in the lovely breeze and a talking lion. As the little boy listens to the book, he see's a canvas and some paint. The boy dips his hand in the bucket of paint, and began to paint as his mother read.

The mother payed no attention to the child but to the book. As she read she got deeper into the story making each character have a different voice, when she finished she sighed happily and closed the book. She looked up to find her sons beautiful creation of the story on the canvas.