Your first story

Mommy: "Zoe, let's write a story. You tell me the story, and I will write it down on this note pad"

"Once  upon a time there was a mermaid, a good wolf, a good witch and a good mermaid friend. There were also five fairies in the sky: Lemon Merengue, Blueberry, Strawberry, Little Boo Beep and Sheep. 

The mermaids' names were Cherry and Merry. They loved to swim in the ocean. One day, the good witch snuck into the ocean to find the mermaids. She wanted to play hide and seek. The good wolf was with her. He was her pet.

There was also a bad witch. Her name, Darkness Blackness. The good witch's name was Maya. The bad witch decided to visit the ocean too, to scratch the mermaids' tails, heads and everywhere else. She found the mermaids at the ocean zoo, visiting sea animal and statues. She pretended to be a good witch, and named herself Blackberry. 

She introduced herself to the mermaids and just talked. Then she became a hedgehog, so the mermaids found out that she was a bad witch, and the fairies made her disappear into thin air. When she died, she became an earthquake, and then she became a hawk, a big bad mouse, and a big bad owl. 

The End.

You have always been very articulate, but I'm still surprised you were able to dictate me this story. In your writing, I detect the influence of multiple literary sources - Strawberry Shortcake, Little Mermaid, The Wizard of Oz, and Peep, the cartoon show about a duck a baby bird, and a chick.

It's been about a month since you dictated this story. I wonder if we did the same exercise today, how different the story would be. Let's find out.

Love,

Mommy.