I Ate Myself Up, 2008-12-21

This is one of the first stories she's allowed me to record for many many many months. In fact, she actually asked me to get a video of her telling this story, esp. to post for her Internet friends. I'm only posting the transcript here as that now she's older I don't really want to post any pictures/videos of her in the public domain.

Her new set of characters are Hootch (her major character for many many many months now), Hoohp, Hook, to name a few. Hootch is a dinosaur with a human head, but he can change shape from time to time, by magic.

This story also includes "backstroke language", her own made up language that she invented many many months ago. Where such terms occur, I have indicated what they mean in parentheses (she explained it to me when checking on my transcription).

Ok, here's the story. For the record, she's now 4 years and 2 months old.


One day Hootch was very very yonk (=evil), and he ate what you think to be Sam, and he was very very not nice for he longed to be evil.

So one day he made a potion but it didn't last long, when he got smashed into tiny pieces. For when he was evil, he was very very very very very very bad.

And one day Hootch ate himself up!

And Hook killed Hootch. And one day Hook killed Hootch.

And there was another Hootch called Hootch Randeraft!
(That's when Hootch Randeraft comes up. But he's called Hootch for his real name. They don't call him Hootch Randeraft. Because they want him to be called Hootch, not Hootch Randeraft).

So one day Hootch came over. And he said, "Why there's a dead Hootch over here? I thought I'm the real Hootch!"

But he said, "It isn't. You are not the real Hootch!"

So he said, "Why? Why am I not the real Hootch?"

"Because the other Hootch that is dead is the real one."

"What?? Then who killed him?"

They said, "Hmm.... it's you Hook!"

"Hook, why did you kill someone? It's very evil!"

Hook said," Hmm... because I'm very evil!"

"What???"


Suddenly, there was a dungeon. Suddenly somebody slammed open the dungeon. And Hook said, "Why?" "Why? Why? Why didn't you... you... you..."

"I will kill you!"

Suddenly.. (they're killing because it's very scary). And suddenly... {pretends to gag}... "I'm going to die.."

"You are not really going to die," they said. "We know you're bluffing, we just know. Are you bluffing?"

She said, "No, I'm not bluffing!"

Hootch didn't believe it. "You are must not be bluffing." He said, "I'm the real Hootch, that's not the real Hootch, that's the fake Hootch."

"Look, I know you are not the real Hootch, you're the fake Hootch!"

So he took off Hootch Randeraft's bone, and they found it was not Hootch.

"Now we have no more Hootch!"

Suddenly Hootch came back to life! They said, "What?? How is Hootch going to come back to life?"


"Now you have no more Hootch," Hook said to Hoohp.

And Hoohp said, "Hmm... do we have any good ones?"

"No, not even.." Suddenly they stopped. And said, "Hmm... what shall I eat? Cooked villains?"
He stopped. (Pretends to munch). Then, they ate themselves up. And with a large (clicking sound).

Then they ran down, to the large bone. Suddenly they keep running and running until there was a large bone in their front. And they said, "This belongs to a large dog."

"No." So they ran ran ran ran ran ran, dragging the bone behind him as fast as they could so they could get a closer look at him.


Hootch Randeraft was one day licking a large ocean when he said "I'm the real Hootch. I'm not that Hootch. I'm the Hootch that's Hootch. I'm just a Hootchy Hootch Hootch."

But suddenly the real Hootch came!

"I thought... I thought you were dead. That you were the fake Hootch."

"No I'm the real Hootch! You are.."
(Both of the Hootchs are arguing. Hootch Randeraft is the fake one).

Hootch thought, "Maybe this Hootch Randeraft doesn't like me. So he sent up a form of me," he said. "Are you dismayed about the arnodmoned? (=type of phone for imaginary friends to talk to the storyteller).

"What? Who are you?" Suddenly Hootch killed Hootch Randeraft.
He was dead.

"Why are you killing everyone Hootch?" everyone said, as he was washed overboard.

Everyone said, "Washed immediately? Cold? Swim? That's unusual! That's ragged. Evil. Tricky."

"No, I'm not tricky."

"Are you hid? You must be sick."

"I'm not sick. I'm Hootch."

"You are not just Hootch. You are Hootch Randerafti!"

"I'm not Hootch Randerafti. I'm just Hootch."

"You are Hootch Randerafti."

"Who's Hootch Randerafti anyway?"

"You don't know who you are! You must be Hootch Randeraft. If you are you must say answer. You must answer me. Answer me at once."

Hootch didn't reply. He was actually Hootch, not Hootch Randerafti. So Hoohp put the truth potion in him.

He said, "What's a potion?"

"A potion? We don't have any potion here."

"You will tell lie. I know it! I know it, I just know it. Your bad tricks of Missoe" (=from her imaginary world). Hootch thought.

"Could you stay, please? For one food. One last for all?"

Hootch thought. He had the elsewhere. "I have somewhere else to go. I might be on the mattress though. It might be broken. It could be bad."

Hootch thought, "It cannot," but he stepped. "I'm unsure that I will die. I will really die. I will really die. I will... I just will." Hootch could not see anyone. "How scary is it?" asked Hootch.

"Hootch! Hootch!"

Hootch thought Hoohp turned around and said, "You must not trouble me again Hook!"

So they waited for Hootch to go. Then they dived into the sea and swam over to Hootch and took his life away. "Bad Hootch, bad!"

The End.

Hootch the Dragon, 2008-04-21

This is the first story she's asked me to really record in ages. She's still been telling loads of stories, just not allowing me to record them. Anyway, I've transcribed this only part way and will put up the rest of the transcription when I have the time, soon. (plus the audio file).

At first Hootch didn’t know of new evidence of all the monks, that go and awakened the beast, the beast of the all. Hootch said quietly, as Hootch got his evidence and blazed it into the sunlit moonlight.

Hootch hummed as he singed,
Hmm hmm go away...
faded into song.

Humming song,
Away the moon, no more...
(To me: do you want to hear the song?)

But without the cause of the moon,
The wild beast of more, this beast
He came and saw the place
(To me: that’s what the song is all about)

But his moon couldn’t help, because he was going and couldn’t come. And couldn’t come back.

Hootch never wanted him to help it. But outside the moon, the ent moot, it was really nothing but this little moon. The ent moot cried, “No, we have to leave him. Leave him. We need evidence.” So they ran and fatted Hootch up.

Hootch had laboured in the chamber. Hootch had chambered. Hootch had killed Hoos, maybe out of Hootch to protect him from all.

“Oh,” Hootch cried. But outside, inside this little moon, the ent moot fattened them up, and ate them. “This is real people,” Hootch said. Hootch thought to himself, “and I’m a story maker.”

“No,” Hootch cried. (Whispers) Some riddles. (Normal voice). Going to say some riddles. Hootch said some riddles. “Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ and then they stamp and then they stand still.” (Lifted from The Hobbit). “What is that?” Hootch cried. “Teeth,” Hoos muttered, to himself.

But Hootch wanted Hoosh to mutter some riddles that we already know. In Hootch roasted halls we listened, as the Hop shouted, “WIND WAT WOAT WHAT WHITTLE!”

Hootch started singing a loud, hot sound.
BLACK EBONY, COME BACK TO SWEES
COME AND UP DOWN, INSIDE MOON
THE ENT MOOT GOOD HAD KNEW

Flop, pop, hot
In a pot
Fifteen birds, they went up a tree
And more to help a bigger more

We come, up down
Inside the ground
He put them inside the leaf

In the east Hootch looked, and... the mermaids looked across the moon. “Come and wait!” she said. Hootch cried and couldn’t help it. “What?” Hoot said, “the cobwebs?”

Hootch had rolled down the barrels. “Where?”

Back where Hootch was, Hoot was sitting sunrise. Hoot ordered Hoos to go home, back where, their hall. Hootch set fire, but Hoos didn’t listen, instead he... Hootch said, “I’m looking, but, you knew what?”

“What?”

Hootch failed again. The sharp sword of Glitherath where the (mumbles, indecipherable).

(To me: Mummy! Hootch is a dragon! See? Mummy, see...)

Hootch said, “I do look for Hoot.”

“What?” Hoot said.

Hoos saw Hootch floating in the air. “What are you doing?”

“You are just a human. I’m (whispers menacingly) dragon.”

“Oh,” Hootch cried. “I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t.” And hopped and (indecipherable).

“Ghost!” Hootch said, “Come and prepare for fight, ghost!” Hootch looked for Hoos, and... you know what?

(TO BE CONTINUED...)

First Lego Movie, The Rescue of Eomer and the Repentance of Jasmine, 2008-04-16

This is our first attempt and rather pathetic, but since we put in so much effort, I thought I'd like to share anyway. It's less than a minute long. The story idea was Bethany's of course. I took the photos then strung them together in Windows Movie Maker. Then we recorded the voice overs - that wasn't easy, since B didn't feel like doing it again by then. In the end we had to get started on some other similar themed pretend play and I just let the recorder run and ripped various clips from there. I also added some sound effects too.

I think our crude film making meant that a lot of Bethany's storyline was lost, so here it is: Jasmine was an evil giant enchantress who was lying in wait for an unsuspecting victim to kidnap and take back to her cave for whatever purpose. The guard returning from duty was her victim. Then the rest of the army got mobilized to go rescue him. He was trapped within the tunnels (cardboard tubes) under which Jasmine sat when they confronted her. She refused to hand him over of course, so they pulled out their secret weapon, a ring with the captured light of Earendil (the Elven star in LOTR) which when shone directly on anyone or anything has the magical power to transform them into someone/something good (all B's ideas of course, not mine!) After that she handed the captive back to his leader. Then they gave her The One Ring, which had also been transformed by Earendil's light and now instead of bringing out any evil in a person instead amplifies their 'goodness'.

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The Song of the Barrow Wights, 2008-06-04**

The Barrow Wights in the Lord of the Rings have quite caught her imagination. She's been doing a lot of pretend play with them, and today she made up a long song about them too. I only got the last couple of minutes on video, but here it is.

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Here is the poem

The Song of the Barrow Wights, an original song by Bethany

The barrow will not run along
Or lock away from man
Away from the moon, away from the spoon
Then the way... was locked!
Away from the moon, away from the spoon

Oh my tummy is round
With a tummy's old sound
With a rum, with a tumble
With a bum, with a bumble
A rum with a bumble with a slam....ble

With a tummy old rum, they slammed away
Away from the moon, away from the spoon
Away from the sun, away from the spoon
Away they go, away...

Without a word they imagined Hoon
But with us
Without a number they ran and saw

Far under the old stones, all right
They saw a bunch of barrow wights

Far in the Old Forest we saw...
A bunch of barrow wights
They gave us quite a fright
They gave us such a fright

Away we ran, but they caught us
(Indecipherable phrase)
We cried... cried...

But they away and into the night they ran

Song of the Ringwraiths, 2008-03-18*

Ok this is the poem I mentioned in my post yesterday, that was actually recorded the day before that one.

Supposedly sung by Legolas, whom she was holding in her hand (a small dice!) She’d actually been singing the “Song of the Ringwraiths” (she announced her own title), supposedly made up by Bilbo and Legolas, all evening long, ad-libbing many different lines as she went along. Sadly she didn’t allow me to record most of it except for this little bit, which hardly does justice to the myriad of lines she came up with and her own intriguing original tale of how the Ringwraiths were all destroyed – supposedly their mouths were cut off in a battle with the elves and they subsequently starved to death!

You can hear her singing/chanting this poem HERE

(Chanting)
In the candles deep
them Lonely Mountains bare,
The Ringwraiths died for because they
Because they had no more renown;

They had no more
because they aimed them mighty bows,
Because they aimed;

They aimed a mighty bow of him,
He passed and fast and founds they dead,
They dead of sweet,
Balin got seized,
The fens was brought to more of gold;

(Stops chanting to explain to me:
B: It means that actually the Balrog is like a big {mumbojumbo own word} fan.
Me: What’s that?
B: The Balrog.)

The wind was bled,
The bare was pound on pounds they could;

(Stops chanting to explain to me:
B: That means there’s not only one entrance to go in the Misty Mountains but you can also, but there’s a hole in the top so you can also go inside by that side.)

The road was dead,
Their brain was bended,
Brought the bones in house of Eld;

They ‘ell ha ha,
Their fares was bread,
They bare of time,
They hold their bread,
They had no more,
They fed and fled,
To best they fought forgotten gold;

God stayed far, God said that;

In Mirkwood they fed and fled,
Because of the fire they placed on front of daisies,
They front and aimed their mighty bow,
The fifteen birds was plan they torched,
The torch is bad,
The flaming spread,
They meant and fought forgotten gold;

They fled and earned through mighty bow,
They aimed and end
They fled

(Suddenly switches to talking instead of chanting)
Hootch said, “That will be not Legolas for certain. It might be not Hoon even.”
Hootch began to sing a song.

(Sings – this is verbatim Tolkien)
Far over the Misty Mountains cold
Through dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away...

(Mutters to herself, “No...”)

(Sings – more verbatim Tolkien)
Far over the Misty Mountains cold
Through dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ‘ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells
While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep where dark things sleep
In hollow halls beneath the fells

For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a song in gleaming hoard
They shaped and wrought
True light they caught
To hide in gems on hilt of sword

The Ballad of the Dwarves and Smaug, 2008-03-19**

Sorry for not posting anything new for so long - she's had me on a recording ban again since the last story I posted (of course no excuse for not clearing the backlog though...). She's been still pouring out many stories a day though, just not allowing me to record anything... until last night.

She's in a new phase at the moment - inventing her own poetry! Her current great obsession is all things Tolkien - this has been going on for more than a month now, maybe closer to two. It's a completely immersive obsession on a grand scale - involves his books, related movies, pretend play, searching for background information on Middle Earth... the whole works. She's memorized all the poems in The Hobbit and sings them daily.

Yesterday she moved from singing memorized poetry to ad-libbing her own. She's been spouting this stuff nonstop since yesterday evening. Yesterday it was "The Song of the Ringwraiths" supposedly by Bilbo and Legolas. I only got a short recording of that and will add it later when I have time, although in fact she went on for the entire evening ad-libbing all sorts of new lines, but not letting me record much at all.

Today it was all about "The Ballad of the Dwarves and Smaug", supposedly sung by Legolas again (can you tell he's her favourite character at the moment?) She went on for almost 45 minutes while we were traveling somewhere in the car. I've transcribed about 3.5 minutes of this and am posting it here, along with the excerpted recording (audio only).

YOU CAN LISTEN TO HER RECITING THIS POEM HERE
p.s. for whoever's not familiar with The Hobbit - this is her own idea of what should have happened to Smaug, not what really happened in the book!

(Chants/Sings)

This pines was roaring like its ‘ind,
The pits was brought the dwarves of night,
The dwarves killed Smaug,
They planned of sword,
They stormed and sung and heard dwarves plan;

The flecks and flat to fled them did,
They died of it in bitter storm,
They killed a dragon done and dead;

They killed a spot through bend of dawn,
They bend and bled,
Through dent in sped,
They killed a bads and tortured me.

(Stops to explain to me: Actually the dwarves.... they killed Smaug!)
(Continues chanting/singing)

The pines was roaring on the height,
The wind was blown in on the night,
The dragon’s fire,
More tough than skyer(?),
Hootch had blowned an bend of elves;

They died for war when all their height,
They planned and pond through end of night,
They under the mist,
The mist had fought,
Far over the flat, far over;

They fanned and fled, through ‘fraid of them,
To Sauron’s bed,
To sometimes sped,
They sped and aimed a might of him;

They took no more of him, and elves,
They took war torn,
The sand of Dhun,
Their arms and ems(?) and ‘fessed and fussed;

They fanned and fanned for more of dead,
They dug them bed,
To days and died,
They died for Ann, beneath Hoon’s feet;

But as they touched the dam they aimed,
They aimed of dead,
They came, so fled,
Mm hmm, the day, the day no more;

The mountain’s cold beneath the moon,
They aimed and banged through chant of doom,
They hear, they sped,
They sped and fled,
To teach the pat(?) and Hoon bite the spat(?);

Hootch bite elves and dwarves bite the dragon,
And aimed a might of ford of stead,
They died and fought,
They bite the Smaug,
They spawned(?) a tongue and ate the tongue;

They banged and watched two fat jaws beat,
They ate foul deck(?),
They ate... the vultures was been,
And born to die there,
Vultures died and men looked at...

(interrupted, but continued after brief conversation...)

The pines were roaring on the height,
The wind was blown in on the night,
The bed was dead,
They bled and drag,
The dragon was dead,
They haps instead;

The bled and took their noise and told
They took no more,
They took in more gold,
And pressed a span(?),
And planned of them;

They aimed a might of for themselves,
The dragon was dead,
The burns of stead,
They aimed a tight of throne and thorn;

Then elves came behind them,
And other things had burned...
(interrupted...)

Harry Vanishes in the Desert, 2008-02-22*

This one is very expressively told :) Listen to her tell this story HERE

Hoosh and Hoon, who already knowed, ran off to a safe hiding place in the desert. Before they knew it, Harry was gone! Hack couldn’t see the weakness, but he could see Snape in the distance looking for Harry. Harry was gone, no one can see him!!!

Harry thought to himself and had great idea. “Alright,” he said, taking off the window. “Think, think, think!” he said. He took off the spell, and then grabbed it. In complete sight, he was GONE through the whispering breeze.

“Past the rushes,” he said, and then he passed the rushes. “Past the reeds!” he said, and then he passed the reeds. “Past the rushes!” he said, and then he passed the rushes.

“What kind of spell... where were??” At one moment, he didn’t know where he was standing. But just near a little yellow meadow that laid out, the voice said, “And it wasn’t very very cool.”

He couldn’t hold his breath. He smelt something. And then, at one second, he was out in a meadowy forest that laid out in the path that led into a road. He walked again. He walked on the road. Instead, he walked on a narrow narrow... in one moment he found what he was walking on. It was... soft plants.

Harry couldn’t believe his eyes. He ran off to a safe hiding place. He looked around but couldn’t see anything, so he went out. He knew what he was walking on, it was the same thing that he had was walking on just now.

Before he knew it, he was past Malfoy, he passed the wonderful flowers, he passed rushes, he passed reeds, he passed marshes, he passed slicks, he passed Ron, he passed everyone until he was tired. He was so tired. There was no bed for him to lie down, not even Hoosh bed that Hoosh lent for Harry to sleep in.

Hant, Hoon and Hook were funny. “It were funny!” said Hoon. “Come back!!!” said Hoon, still calling out for Harry. But it was no use, Harry had vanished.

There were no excuse getting him. There were no excuse horsing(?) him. There were no excuse looking for him. There were no NOTHING for him to do. In the meadowy fields, past the rushes , he passed down... he passed even Dumbledore!!! Keep looking for him, all around in school!

Harry even passed rushes. “What is rushes?” said Hoon.

Harry passed the rushes. (To me: I already read that. I skipped where he thinked to himself. Where he was thinking to himself. I skipped that one because it was scary.)

Hant looked at Malfoy, grinned at him and then went off. Han couldn’t believe his eyes. It was gone just before the minute or two. Hant found that he could move. He passed the rushes and he passed the reeds.

After that, after taking a long long rest, Harry ran off to a safe hiding place in the desert, where Dumbledore was living.

Hatch knowed what was Hoon up to, whereas he already thought it, with his forehead to the window. Harry was still trying to get his way out but there was plotting pixies everywhere. And he COULDN’T DO WHAT HE WAS TOLD! He ran off.

A friend becomes a traitor? 2008-02-09*

She hasn't allowed me to take any video while she's storytelling in recent months, but on this day she wanted me to record her story (we've been doing audio only, and I only record her when she asks me to, since she turned 3) and I didn't have the audio recorder on me (we were travelling somewhere in the car). She wasn't happy about that, but finally agreed to let me record her using the camera, since she really wanted me to record this story... the audio isn't too good though, because of the background noise... It is another high adventure story involving her favourite imaginary friends.

Ever since her 2-week storytelling lull over Christmas and her subsequent fresh storytelling intensity, her stories have all been far more coherent with better flow than ever before. This story continues that trend. It's a pity we had to interrupt her by arriving at our destination!

The transcript is below the video clip.




“Oh hi!! It’s from the African Plains!”

And everyone cheered and stamped their feet, everyone camping in the land of Aladar. There was a note attached to it. “Please Harry, can you come to my cottage on Thursday night on 4 June.” And Harry was astonished.

How Aladar laughed when he saw it attached to the other one. “Harry, Ron... Meet me at my party. Do all night.”

“Ya! Without stopping.” Harry laughed deeply, and stopped for a while.

Then they shouted again, until the note lunged(?) and got dead(?). Aladar lunged and Corin ran down the corridor of his old friends. His friends had gone to the Interstate Bash, and to dance with all the ballerinas.

After that they charmed down. “Is that boy???” They ran down, and Aladar changed to a snake and slithered off to his hiding place. Harry and Hook was astonished. They didn’t do anything, then they ran to meet Aladar. Soon Hook laughed. Harry and Aladar turned into snakes. Suddenly there was a loud clinging noise at the door, and Haas and Harry and Corin went to open it.

It was shocking, Pan the Rat was down there, and it got a note attached to it. “Get to the Hole. Chapter One. Shock, you can’t, you John. Chapter One. Laughter’s room. And I have to... I’m running away from it. You have to run away also. Bye bye. The end. “

“Hey!” Hook was and Corin was astonished. “How can laughter turned into a woman again?”

Aladar turned into a snake again and slithered off far away, galloping with a family of snakes. Outside in the corridors there, an ugly little witch cried, “Shock. Shup shock,” and had a big big laugh down. It named Goosh Goosh. Goosh and Sssh and a big big friendly big big snake party outside.

Outside in a big corridor there were just there the big guard of Voldemort.

“Quiet!” Voldemort quietened the white guard. “A big big splash, but you can record with a recorder also, if you want.” (To me: He said you can record if you want with the recorder also.)

After that in the big corridor called ebay(?) there was a lovely little princess called Snow White. “Quiet!” said Ham. Ron wouldn’t do it. Ron pulled him back.

(Quickens tone) Suddenly, a grip of the hand... he leapt from Ron’s stand, with a zoosh he dashed and pulled Harry. Corin pulled the curtain. Haas killed the bond, the bash teared the grass, the bash teared the oosh, the boys teared the bug, Voldemort came.

Corin, Harry, and the other boy Ron who keeped running away from Voldemort asked Haep to come with them. They asked. They tried, but Ron always goes after them screaming, almost squeaking, shocked down with Corin. Ron, almost squeaking with fright. “(In a squeaky voice) You can’t hide against us! I can manage...”

(Interrupted by us arriving at our destination, but continues on for a bit after that.)

Suddenly outside in a big corridor across Nineown Open Plains, lightning flashed down at them. They RAN down as fast as they can. Voldemort came, he got alive again. Harry accidentally pressed the wrong button and Voldemort just came out of a certain place and killed Harry. Corin and Orin is alone now, because Voldemort killed the other two boys.

Suddenly outside in a big corridor a big bad giant of Agrabah Hashoss, it’s name was Twelvebockrumpelthoneshaunanshoneharriandhockharrypotterstoock. Harry nearly couldn’t read his name got Potter! Suddenly Harry got an idea. “Over there Ron!”

“Sssh! Be quiet Harry!” said Ron. “I think Corin is looking at snakes.”

“Snakes??? Eeegh,” said Harry, “I don’t like snakes!”

Anyway, outside in the big corridor outside in the bush there sat there a great big ugly looking goblin. Just a goblin, before you can say rocks and blocks. (Indecipherable) and two went for Bilbo. Harry lunged away and Ron showed him, “they’re taking him, come...” And they ran down the corridor to where someone was waiting with Voldemort. Hook was busy talking with Voldemort. (Stopped because we’d arrived and finished parking the car....)

Dame Chockalot, 2008-02-05**

This story is a real departure from her usual mode. It sounds like it's from Enid Blyton, except that it isn't. She was pretending to read this from the novel I am currently reading. Nothing to do with her story of course.

Listen to her tell this story HERE.

Dame Chockalot.

Once upon a time there was an old beggar called Dame Chockalot, because she had a chocolate face and didn’t like to eat. She was a greedy old woman and didn’t like anyone to go in her store.

She always had an old beggar who asked for a little chair, but she didn’t give him one, so he became very sad and left her shop.

This Dame Chockalot had a beautiful girl called Goldie. Goldie always liked to play, but her mother Chockalot didn’t. Now what I was discussing for you is Dame Chockalot’s friend, Stashamom was singing a very nasty song, “To feash (12 times).” Now Dame Chockalot didn’t like this, but, “The deach (5 times),” had some.

Goldie... Goldie always liked to sing songs.

(Comes to the only page in my book that has an illustration, of a town, and launches into some explanations...)

Now Hook is over here and Haas and his friend Hash lives over here. So Hook lives here, and Hoon lives here. And Hap and Maam lives here.

Chapter One. (Reading this from the book).

There was a Dame Chockalot. Once upon a time Haas lived with a Dame Chockalot. And they lived in a big nasty house that always talks. “Grandmother Willow... everyone has a big nasty time with Dame Chockalot, so can you get a good for it?”

“Maybe,” said the mirror at the house. “But maybe later.”

“WHO said later?” said Dame Chockalot angrily. “I wouldn’t listen to you much longer!” And she stomped off, without getting a word. Away she went, down in the toilet. “Just never mind,” she said, banging the door hard. Then they were on the house. “I don’t want to listen to you much longer.” She stamped her feet off.

Poor Dame Chockalot! How embarrassing she was, without getting the mirror on.

"Poor Dame Chockalot. She hasn’t any time!” said Goldie.

“Alright,” said Dame Chockalot’s friend that was already cooking, because Dame Chockalot asked her to cook, the very evening.

She took out her hand singing Nearer to the Whips and throwed Maleficent into the air like a lightning bolt (chuckling). And suddenly Maleficent hit the island like a big gas(?).

“Oh no!” said Chockalot’s friend. “That couldn’t be.”

Goldie laughed wickedly, a horrible laugh. “(Sniggering) You cannot get me.” She ran off, with a toy that belonged to Dame Chockalot.

“Oh!” said Dame Chockalot’s friend. “I’d better catch you!” But she didn’t. She couldn’t. (Chuckling) Goldie was going everywhere.

Hoon heard a sound and rushed in to Goldie’s friend. “I’ll get a mountain(?) for you,” he said. “It’s over here.” He got it.

Dame Chockalot will say when you got it and never... and forgot to put it back.

“Well, well,” said Dame Chockalot. “Where’s that toy? Cook... Hoon took it without permission, and he forgot to put it on the table (gasps),” said Dame Chockalot angrily. “I will go into his house and steal it!”

“That’s a very bad thing to do, if you do that!” cried Dame Chockalot’s friend.

She stamped her feet very hard, that the teapot crashed to the ground like a big big Muggle toy! She ran off stamping, in her horrible voice, she stamped and stamped her feet hard on the door. She stamped off. “I wouldn’t listen to you much longer,” she said. She stamped her feet.

Dame Chockalot’s friend (To me: mummy can I put the dog ear? Me: Ok, but why? B: Because I need to check who else published the book. Someone published the book... have Dame Thimble mummy.... Dame Thimble mummy published the book. Dame Thimble!)

The dogs and... came out like a big lightning bolt. She stomped a thing without asking permission. She took the marmalade out in the wood, and when Hoon was gone out to get the marmalade it wasn’t there. “(Semi wails) Someone stealed it, it’s actually mine!” he wept.

Suddenly, fire of light stroked the air and the marmalade came back! Dame Chockalot has NEVER stealed it! Dame Chockalot has put it back! And got his marmalade, many on there (?), and said, “Dame Chockalot..”

“Yes?” said Dame Chockalot.

“Do I have a friend? Is she nice?”

“No,” Dame Chockalot said. “So.... I’m not bad, I’m actually good... I was just bad at first. I don’t like being bad, so I became good, in every direction.” She ran down for her marmalade, but it wasn’t there.

Chase Adventure, 2008-02-04*

You can tell what our bedtime stories have been in recent weeks from this story - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and The Hobbit. She loves both books. We've read both through and have re-read sections of the Hobbit many times over now, and re-reading HP (from the beginning, not in sections unlike The Hobbit) now as well. This is in addition to her other regular diet of short stories, etc.

So the story features Harry, Gandalf, Dumbledore and Voldemort, and also her own cast of Haas, Hack, Han, Hap and a whole bunch of others. The storyline itself is straightforward enough, a classic chase scene, through dark narrow corridors. What I like is the interaction of the characters from the different worlds, even Aladdin makes a cameo appearance! She is very excited throughout this story and listening to her tell it herself really adds to its impact.

You can listen to her tell this story HERE.

That’s a fume sticking out. “Eeee!” from Haas, saying “I don’t like the fume!” He crossed his lips to don’t smell the smelly smell. “Ever have gone for using all these,” he said, grabbing his pinchy(?).

Harry asked, “Don’t touch me!”

“That’s index,” said Haas, getting Aladdin down.

Harry laughed and laughed wickedly. “You can come here. You can come much nearer. And Hack said you can come much nearer.”

Hack sat in a corner. Suddenly a flash of blue light hit. (To me: that’s actually Harry trying to do magic onto the goblin, but where the goblin didn’t know. They just sees Bey, Hock and all that. They didn’t know it was Harry that was trying to do magic. They didn’t know.)

Just Harry was alone. Flash, like gunpowder, passed the goblins. Many fell dead, but some grabbed. Furiously, some tried to escape, but they were already dead, and the goblins were trapped! They seized Bilbo and the dwarfs, hurried them along. (To me: that’s actually Gandalf and Harry trying to do magic, but they didn’t know, because they seized Bilbo and all that. And they didn’t know it was Gandalf and Harry changed into magic.)

Deep, dark, damp... filled with purse of air, and hurried them down, down, and the goblin laughed. Was a raft... and the raft took out so many goblins that Bilbo and the dwarfs cannot get out, and Harry lunged away down. Only Harry, with Gandalf stick like a piece of glue to him, onto his head, and there was two of them... panting with glee. Gandalf tucked away in Harry’s undergarment coat, trying not to be seen. In any direction, Harry was protected by Gandalf. Everywhere that Harry went, Gandalf stick to him like a piece of glue! (To me: Gandalf will stick to Harry because he likes Harry. That’s why he always sticks to him like a piece of glue stuck to a ball net.) And Gandalf took out his wisht(?) and suddenly he wished his way to Aladdin.

Aladdin scowled, getting out and sang, “I’m sorry, but Haas...” in one puff of smoke he disappeared. In one gulp he was gone.

“One gulp I will be gone. One gulp I will be gone and one gulp YOU will be gone,” said Haas, to hangman Hoong that was hanging on to Harry as tightly as they could. And Hangman Hoong and Harry hurried down a narrow corridor so the goblins cannot see them. And they hurried down very quietly because they thought that the goblins might chase them. And then they tiptoed... it was the sleeping Dumbledore that was already snoring in his chair. Three of them looked at Hash that was now lying down on three of tiny beds that was near Dumbledore. (To me: they are looking at Dumbledore and Hash, sleeping in two chairs there. And one is small for Hap and one is big for Dumbledore, so nice, and the three are looking at them snoring in the big chair... in the big chair and the small chair.)

And they suddenly ran down at Dumbledore, and Dumbledore awoken, to see himself gobbled up by a big ratatop(?). All five (to me: there’s Dumbledore, Hap, Han, and Harry and Haap and Maam and so there’s all five right? .... there’s Dumbledore, Hap, Han, Maam and Harry...)

They don’t know that the big wolf had swallowed them in one gulp. And there was a bird swallowed up also.

Harry felt a bit astonished when Dumbledore spoke to him. Dumbledore raised his wand and high in the air... (to me: and Dumbledore’s protecting the kids, right? And Voldemort is coming and he’s trying to do magic, and two of them are fighting, and the kids – Harry and all that – are watching and all that.)

Harry watched Dumbledore fight with Voldemort, and Voldemort died. (To me: Dumbledore always win of Voldermort, right?
Me: ok.
B: Voldemort will die from Dumbledore’s magic, right?
M: No actually, but it’s up to you how you want your story to go.)

And Voldemort died.

Suddenly Harry gasped! Voldemort had winned! And Dumbledore had died! (Chuckles. To me: Now my story is just make believe.
Me: yeah I know.
B: Don’t be very shocked like that
M: I’m not shocked (can’t help laughing!)).

Hap looked at Haas, and the kids hurried along, thinking that the dogs might attack Voldemort (suppressing a laugh), in any direction where Voldemort might be. (To me: they are thinking that Voldemort might jump out at them, and these two dogs are here protecting them, right? (pointing to the picture in the book she’s reading from, “The Secret Life of Dogs”). The dogs are protecting them. They think Voldemort is in one corner hiding somewhere trying to attack them, and they’re unsure that the dogs might attack him, so they’re wondering.
Me: what happened to Gandalf? Just now you said he was there?
B: Gandalf is just sticking to Harry like a piece of glue, on his cloak).

SUDDENLY Harry saw Gandalf on his cloak again, looking for gunpowder, trying to get out his backs and rattle his backs (?).

(Me: his what? Backs?
B: Yeah (chuckling), he’s trying to rattle Harry and Gandalf. He’s always sticking to Harry like a piece of glue.)

In a big gulp, Gandalf and everyone and Harry - Hack, Bush and all that – were gulped by the big hungry wolf. The dwarfs and Bilbo tried to attack the wolf, but they make no use. Every... Harry and Gandalf ranned out of the wolf’s stomach, and crawled down and poked the wolf in the head!!! And CLUBBED THE WOLF! In one gulp they SWALLOWED THE WOLF!!!! Suddenly Gandalf became VERY BIG and STEPPED on the wolf with one gulp, and he became small again.

Suddenly all the kids gasped. There was Dumbledore, awaking from Hap. Hap said “DAH!!!!!” EVERYONE AWOKE, even MALFOY! EVERYONE AWOKE, THE WHOLE TOWN AWOKE! Everyone awoke because Hap said “DAH!!! DA DA DA DA DAH!!!!” He making a lot of noise so everyone awoke (cracking herself up!) in one gulp, EVERYONE! THE WHOLE TOWN!! ALL THE COUNTRIES AWOKE!! Because he make the ROARRRR (throaty growling roar) sound, and everyone awoke in the whole town.

Harry tried to avoid Voldemort but he died(?), and he stamped in his horrible voice. Hahp looked at Hap and Harry that was fighting each other, in each flash. Because Ham had woken up and gulped and they looked at Haas looking at Ham. Voldemort was trying to attack them. No one is there to avoid them, no parents, no nothing. Nobody there to protect them, so they were all alone looking for Voldemort.

(Me: What happened to Dumbledore and Gandalf?
B: Dumbledore and Gandalf went away on business, because they thought that the kids can do on themself, but they couldn’t because Voldemort’s around.)

SUDDENLY, Haas laughed and a flash of lightning stroked his hair, and Harry lunged around, trying to get off his dog that was on him. The wolf tried to attack him. They RAN up a tree. The wolf followed behind. FAST, all 10 of them RAN down the corrider. Shaft (?) and short(?), Dumbledore and Gandalf avoid them but they were too late. All of them had flapped up a tree. And everyone was frightened of the wolf, VERY VERY! VERY!! BIG like a giant, and he can eat small people like Harry and Dumbledore and all that. (More and more excited). The wolf is very giant, it can eat anyone that’s not bigger than it. It’s bigger than the whole world, it’s bigger than everyone. EVEN a school or CHESSboard or a TABLE or a CHAIR or a GIANT! It’s much bigger than everything. (More sober after this.) And much bigger than house or something.

Hap RAN up a big corridor. They entered a trap door that was trying to fold itself.

Dumbledore opened it quietly. “Sssh! This way!” (To me: he said “ssh!” because someone was coming. Voldemort or something might be hiding anywhere, so he said “ssh!”). “This way,” said Dumbledore, so they hurried down... very narrow and Dumbledore locked the door. And he blocked it quietly, because he... he locked it. Dumbledore ran... went away to see Gandalf, so the kids are all alone in blast(?).

Harry said... Harry whispered to Haas, “There’s only two of them.” Harry whispered to Hap, “This way!” And they walked and walked.

VOLDEMORT JUMPED OUT AT THEM! (To me: There’s only two of them!! There’s no one to protect them. No Dumbledore, no Gandalf, no Bilbo, no Larry, no Yosh... only Harry and Hap were there.)

Suddenly Dumbledore appeared in a trance-like state, and he lunged out to touch Harry’s hand, but Harry lunged... (drops voice) quietly Dumbledore (raises voice) and Gandalf... Gandalf HIT Dumbledore FLYING through the air like a big lightning bolt, SUDDENLY GANDALF BECAME A GIANT! And was bigger than the whole earth! He stepped in the sea, and the crocodiles lunged and yelled, and something ATE Gandalf in one gulp! It was the big wolf! Gandalf said “Help” lunging around. (To me: And Dumbledore and Harry (controlling her laughter) looks astonished when they saw Gandalf yelling. And Harry and Dumbledore and Haas were looking there but Haas is looking at Dumbledore’s head because he think the wolf might want to eat him later.)

Suddenly Dumbledore... loud growling noise... it was the wolf. As Hap lunged away, Dumbledore tried to fight it, but Harry stopped him and tried to look at him.... and the wolf just died, forever.... no more!

Suddenly, Harry hit something and died. And Hash looked at Hahp. “That must be Harry, over there... lying there! Sleeping there. Over there!”

Harry woke up and they stopped. He realised that he was pointing at Haas. Harry lunged away and flew... jumped in the swimming pool while he was lying here, and looked around for any dumps of a cooking bowl. SUDDENLY he heard a loud growling noise. Voldemort took out his wisht and tried to kill Harry, and Harry lunged away. So Voldemort tried to avoid the life of dogs. In any of states Dumbledore was there, protecting them from Voldemort. There was he, standing near a well, thinking.

The end.

Belle & Snow White, with a Twist, 2008-01-17*

This kid can really take a story and twist it around! Listen to her tell this story HERE.

Belle saw that the gate was open and went in. Snow White and Belle thought it was the most ideal place to go, so the two princesses went in and saw that the gate was open, with the door shut. So the two princesses went in, but the door was shut and they tried to unlock it, but it make no use and they went back.

The next day they tried it, and it opened! Inside was a beast, with terrible claws and terrible jaws in its terrible halls. He was eating daily bread.

Hook disturbed him, and the two princesses looked at one another in great honour. “He must be driving with mad,” said Belle to Snow White.

The next day Hoott leaved the garden path. And Snow White said to Belle, “It’s a good idea to sit in. In the garden walls, after dinner, quiet in Snow White.”

“That must be a wonderful idea!” said Belle, crying out.

They went in the bedroom and got dressed, and went out for a walk down the straight path. But the castle was with no sand. And they see no reason why it was gone like that. And they had no reason why it was took by the beast. The beast asked Belle if she was happy. In the castle, Hook saw that the beast was there before the fans.

“Fancy you having Gaston here, with all your pleasure,” said Snow White to Belle.

Hoott was saw that the gate was open, and went in by a guard wait. Hook found and fired the hired goblins, of the good goblins and all Hook’s pleasure.

The next day, Hook went out for a walk. And he suddenly saw the princesses walking by a street road that led to a narrow path, that led open a hook that was here.

The next day, Hoott meeted at four thirty at the princesses house, knocked on the door. Snow White went and opened it and saw Hook standing there, and she said that Belle was having a bath. So, “Just wait here,” she said. “I’ll get Belle.”

“DAH!!!!!” cried Hook in astonishment, when he was put in the laundry’s by, “DAH!!!!” of that day on. Of that day on!

The next day, Hoott saw that the gate was open and saw that Belle and Snow White was standing at the door, so he cried out gleefully. “BELLE!! ARE YOU HURT????”

After that, he cried louder.... “BELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” cried Hook in astonishment, and he was took to the missings(?). Of that day on Hook...

(To me, chuckling: Larry and Belle are married now. Larry and Belle are married!
Me: Is Larry a prince?
B: Ya, and Belle is a princess.)

After that, Larry and Belle were married. After that, Hoonk went to Yush to tell that Larry and Belle were missing from their apartment. After that, Hook was saying that Mrs Standin was with Kink. After that, ants came to Hook’s house. The ants were called for help, but the other ants still didn’t know what to do.

Hook brushed his teeth and went upstairs, and soon fell fast asleep. After that Hook looked, went by a small statue that they lift up the slope, slippery slope. Went looking for a small dawn fire, if it’s okay. Hook went and said, “DAH!!!!” at the window, and getting no excuse. “DAH!!!!! DAH!!!!!!!!!!”

After that he went to the crazy lobster that was sleeping in the next room. After that Hoott saw that the gate was open and went in. After that the two princesses looked at each other and smiled. “Happily ever after,” said the two princesses dancing with joy. The two princesses (whispers) married each other!

(To me: The two princesses married to each other!!
Me: I thought you said Belle got married to Larry?
B: No, but Larry died already and the two princesses got married instead!)

Map of her imaginary landscape, 2008-01-19

The first country is Woopwaja where Hook, the current main character in her stories, lives. The black lines are the roads and boundaries to the different countries. The red indicates places where characters live in (houses or camps/tents). Countries with green lines on them are forested, while those with gray lines also have sandy areas. There are no rivers or lakes in this land, but only the sea as you can see labeled.

Wootpotta, Wootwatta and Wootkakakakapotta are all uninhabited, but have various fossil footprints that show that once upon a time various beings lived there. Wootpotta and Wootkakakakapotta used to be inhabited by flamingos, but not any more. Wootwatta used to be inhabited by humans, but not anymore. Wood is where Hoott lives. Hoott and Hook are dinosaurs. All the countries are very rainy.

She drew everything, asked me to write in the labels for her...

From Bethany's Art...

Characters in her stories, 2008-01-15**

She gave me a ton of backstory again yesterday and today, filling me in on her various characters and what they're doing now. For anyone who's been following her stories, you'll know her main characters have changed over the past year.

The first hero was Aladar, then Corythosaurus, then Corin (Corythosaurus changed in human form), then Larry, now Hook. And she's had a few primary peripheral characters as well.

So Aladar was a dinosaur, who spent a few agonizing months morphing from dino to human. Apparently he's now a boy and cannot revert back to dino form anymore.

Corythosaurus was a dino at first too, and transformed into the boy Corin much sooner than did Aladar. Corin however developed the further ability to split himself into multiple personalities, and that remains until now she says - only Corin can do this (multiply himself at will).

Larry started out as a boy. He then changed into a dino. There was a door between our world and dino world that at first only the humans from here could cross over to there, with Corin being the only one who could travel in the opposite direction. Aladar could not, but now that he is human he can. So going through that door too often has apparently changed Larry into a dino and he's now stuck in dino world as a dino. One of his sidekicks in her stories, Fatty, is still stuck in limbo, transforming from dino to boy to pteranodon to dino to boy, etc.

Her new character is Hook, who is a dinosaur. There is also his alter-ego, another Hook, who is a pteranodon. The dino Hook is good. The pteranodon Hook is bad.

She is very clear on how her characters have evolved and very definite about their fates if you ask her. She is also definite about all the many side characters. I will write those up for her blog when I have the time.

Death Dirge, 2008-01-13**

I really don't know what to say about this particular story... seems really shocking that this is coming from a 3 year old! The dirge in this story is one of the most coherent songs she has ever made up so far.

Listen to her tell and sing this story HERE.

p.s. just a reminder to readers, other than Corin, the characters in this story aren't human.

Hook went to the Interstate by a small dying fire. This is about a small dying fire getting caught in the hands of Cook. Hook didn’t know that Cook was coming today, and would get caught in the sound rooms if he blocked Corin (indecipherable phrase).

“That’s a pity,” said Hoon. “We wouldn’t block.” And Hoon covered his arms and folded his wings and tapped his nose on the back.

“Hm-mm! IF YOU HAVE A NOTE BLOCKER, YOU WILL STAMP!” He was caught in bad temper today, and Hoon didn’t know what to say.

Hit just hushed and said, “(Singing)
Hush a bye baby, on a treetop,
If the cradle will fall,
Down will come baby cradle and all.”

Hoott was into Monsieur Dark. Hoon was still looking for Hash, and Hoon was still looking for Huhp. Hoon was still nothing, but there was a hopper thing. He goes around bagging and beggaring for more toys. Hoosh was still pushing and pushing at the few men. Hoon was still tossing along the evil train. Hoon knewed that he was macer(?) but Hoott still known that we can save the day as Hoott.

“Don’t be sad,” said Hoon. “We will here to help you.”

Hook was still looking for Bep and he saw... Hoon got out of the trees. Want to find Hoon. Hoon was looking for a daughter, give Hoon bellatrees(?) because he doesn’t like any bus or bish(?) or one two penny or Hoon.

“(Sings slowly)
One a pet, to feel alone
Oh back to one merry hour...”

Hook sang as he walked to the big black tree alone.

“With no cat I can’t avoid being alone with that I see
If I see no big body, old fat spider spinning in a tree
Oh, and I will die forever
And I couldn’t see what can be”

He walked on and on. As the music sang he lighted his candle, and sang on and on

“Three pennies a day, three pennies a day
I couldn’t be alone if I will die alone
I couldn’t be alone because there couldn’t be a bed
To a bed and unknown to unknown

If you can be near a comband(?)
If you can also be a comband(?)
If you can be a little bit perse(?)
Ah, you can help me
Just one a penny near”

“If,” said Hoon

“Here’s a penny, Hook a penny,
Near a berry base
It sang merrily as it cut
It doesn’t become any more...

If... you can be near a very small tie
If you be dead, if you be dead
If you be no more, no more sang...

I will be along the doorstep
If you see me alone
At last... and you die,
Near a wisdom that you can see
Before, before, before you die”

On the flat ground he moaned and groaned. And the horse was poisoned. And we walked on and on until he (drops to a whisper) found a friends at last.

(To me: There’s no more stories. This is the end. This is the end of stories.)

Transcriber's note: She obviously didn't mean it when she said the end of stories because she told another two stories a few minutes after this one! :)

The Diamond Adventure, 2008-01-11**

This story is a bit confusing because there are TWO characters called Hook in it – one is a dinosaur and the other is a pteranodon. Also, several of the characters are able to morph/change from dinosaur form to human form. She has also introduced many peripheral characters with similar sounding names. In spite of this, the story as a whole is pretty coherent and flows well.

Do listen to her telling this story, her expressions are not to be missed!

Illustrated by Random Hook.

Nodo went to Hook and said, “Let’s go to Sneet Hish and see is he fine with us.” So they went to him, to Yush house.

He wasn’t there, but his mummy was there. His mummy said, “Wait for him in the kitchen.” And they waited and waited until someone knocked on the door.

It was Yush. They went and opened it for Yush. “What you want here?”

“Can you please get us another Hook called Random Hoosh U.U. Hook?” Then he opened his door and found out.... found a tubby little mouse. He squeezed the mouse on a tiny little tip corner on his hat,and RANDOM HOOSH came out!

“That’s strange!” said Hook. “It must be a Random Hook then.”

They went down by the stream and said, “I want to sit here,” said Hook. “So tiring!”

And Aladar said, “Ya! We don’t have a single hin yet.”

They went by a small fair bit fire and cuddled down to sleep. When it was day, Hoon discovered that Aladar was gone. Hook looked around. “Toil(?) well... pretty well,” he said to Corin, “where’s Aladar?”

“Oh, Aladar’s in the... fire!... (Hesitant voice) He’s with... with the fire?”

“But I looked around, but he wasn’t there.”

“He... he... must be there!” He looked around, and he saw ALADAR!!!!!! Sleeping in the fire! He got Aladar just before he went up in flames.

Aladar was sleeping in a stack of hay. And they was treading on, and the hay was full of fire! And he went when he saw Hook, and said, “I want to sleep MORE.” And he LET GO and he ran in the fire again.

“What are you going to do with him? Aladar went home.”

He said, “I don’t know!” Hook was still in the treading down fire, and looking for crazy loud casta(?). He cast a spell on Hoosh, and pretending to be a man, went down to the dust and poofed his way through the big black thorns across the Nineown Open Plains. Hook was still with the apple, eating and roasting it, with hard goods and hard caps and corn(?) gaps, until he was full of gaps.

“Let’s get Zinny, before Hook can go.” Hiss, who was still with Hoon, went to Zinny and said, “Zinny!!”

Hook was still in the maps, looking out for Hoon. Hoon was still with the playmate, kicking out balls and pretending to be a man. Now and again, he looked for Hoon. Hit was still looking for Hoosh, and he looked on and on until the big baps(?) will found him, and catched him in the big bad wolfs.

“Where can we go?”

“Whew! That was close!” They went by a small chain of fire that seeped the night, of the apes(?) getting on them.

‘GET THE FIRE!!!! GET IT, GET IT!!” said Hook. “GET IT! GET IT! Before the monkey tread on us.” And they PUT, put the monkey in the fire, and burned them. With roasted Neef and roasted Mac and roasted Hooks and roasted Naps. And they eat the monkey.

“That’s disgusting!” said Hook.

(To me, laughing: They eat the monkeys, and that’s disgusting.
Me: They’re dinosaurs, right?
B: Ya! So they can eat monkeys.)

“Roasted beef!” said Hook.

“What is beef?” said Aladar. “Hah! No!”

(To me: Aladar’s a boy, so he won’t eat. Aladar’s already a boy, so he’s eating rice now.
Aladar! Aladar is a boy.
Me: He’s no longer a dinosaur?
B: No. So he’s eating rice now.)

“I want to...” he ate rice. Aladar looked all about for his torchlight, but it wasn’t there. He picked up it and shined his torch around. (Softly) It was complete darkness. They had failed in trapping Gus, and he shone... he shined his torch about. They were there. Quietly, they opened the door and found Gus trapped in hearse over a bigger mound cap. They cautiously shined his torch around and saw the next moment he opened and went in the next room, and someone was sleeping there. They cautiously tiptoed along.

“Perhaps... perhaps... perhaps this might come...”

He went by small tread of fire, and opened it. Cautiously he went and he tiptoed by a small tread of fire. He found a slit in it. Cautiously he opened it and saw... Hook, sleeping there.

“Let’s be careful,” he said to Aladar. Aladar looked at Hoon.

(To me: Hoon is not a dinosaur. He’s also a boy. So two of the boys are tiptoeing into Hook. Hook is still a dinosaur, but Yush and Aladar don’t know.
Me: I thought Hook was a pterosaur?
B: Hook is a dinosaur, and Aladar is a boy, and Yush is also a boy. So two boys are looking for the pteranodon Hook.
M: There’s a pteranodon Hook, AND a dinosaur Hook?
B: Ya! So two of them, Yush and Aladar, are both boys.
M: Yush and Aladar are boys, Hook is a pteranodon?
B: Ya!
M: And the other Hook is a dinosaur?
B: Ya!
M: There are two characters called Hook?
B: Ya!
M: That’s confusing.
B: They are looking for the pteranodon Hook now. )

Yush looked for the pteranodon Hook once again. He found him in a quiet room, sleeping by march(?) and fire, (very softly now) and they tiptoed out of his room, and he woke up. Then their leg rushes them and went out of his room and they still cautiously and went down. Then they take a peek... food and no one was there... quietly opened the door... and there stood brave Mr Captain John Smith looking out for them. Hoosh was still taking a peek down at this. This was looked and then they went cautiously out of his room. And they found Hook.

(Back to normal voice). And they went up before Hoon, who was still looking for Yush. Yush went by Aladar and said, “Tch! Brother, come on this way!”

They went to a man that was sleeping in the next room, next door. “This is a quiet ending!” He went by a small tread of fire, and warmed himself up.

“Three tubes!”

“Don’t know!” said Hoon. “Let’s find out!”

They WENT by a small fire and warmed themself.

“It must be this. They must be here already. Ya... they’re here now. They’re here now.”

“They’re here now,” says the one, the one they go for.

“Alright, let’s go,” said Hoon.

Hit was still by a light fire. Went by a big trod by a... and went to a small other fire, that had warmed Hook. They went by a small tread of fire, that led up a small house. Inside was Hoon. Corin looked about and shone his torch. Aladar looked about, when he saw Yush. Yush looked and shined his torch. Three of them, three boys looked around, and the three boys found Hoon.

(To me: Corin is also a boy, so the three boys are looking for something.
Me: For what?
B: There are three boys.
M: Ok
B: And they are looking for this diamond.
M: Diamond?
B: Ya.
M: I thought they were looking for Hook?
B: No, but... and there are three boys and there’s one diamond, alright?
M: Alright...
B: The three boys are these three. They’re looking for this diamond.
M: Who has the diamond?
B: The pteranodon Hook, so they’re looking for him.
M: I see.)

Hook was still stamping, went and looked for the diamond and Hook. “He’s not in this room...”

“I found him! He’s in this room!” said Horsh. “He cuddled up to sleep here!”

They disturbed him and took the diamond. They unwrapped the paper, and found notes written on it. “This could be...”

“Oh!” said Aladar. The three boys locked it in a room and they went in it and locked the door behind them. Hiss was still locked in his prison in the same room that they were in, Horsh laid.

‘DON’T FORGET YOUR ROSES!!!!!”

Hook shushed, and shivered in the cold. And three of them shivered at darkness. Hook shined his torch to see where was the bricks. He shined his torch, and saw... “A RICE BUG!!!!! GOING THROUGH THE TREES!!!”

“(Whispers) Who’s hold them, please (indecipherable as she walks around the room and away from the recorder, acting out this part.)”

“(Sings) Eat the heart and cavern misty!” Hook was still shivered in the darkness, when a small pulse of fire that was my other fire happened, and looking for work.

“(Sings) YABBER RANNY RANNY RAN!
RAN AGAIN IN BADGER SUN!
COME AND COME AND COME ALONG,
Come and come and come with me,
Come and sit by me.
(Silent pause, then continues more quietly).
Leave the horn and cavern steep,
Leave the mountain now.”

Hook said, “We’re looking for this diamond. Can you Hook? Tell us where is it? Where is the diamond?”

“We hid it somewhere, but it was gone from our room. We looked. We wanted to put it somewhere. Did you see where was it? It was with me and we put it in your room... and it was gone!” said Hook.

“Alright.”

Hoosh was peeked in... was there still... “Someone must have put it in this room.” He hid it when someone came to look was the DIAMOND still there – it was gone.

“(Deepish voice) Where is my treasure?” said the man gruffly.

(Me: And then what happened? (after a longish silence)
B: And after that it is done already.
M: What do you mean it’s done already?)

“GOT YA!!!!!” said Hook.

He went by a small camping fire, and looked for Hook. “(Same deepish voice) Where my treasure??” and said the man gruffly.

“I don’t have any treasure! Hook stole it from you maybe...”

“(Sings) Lead the lamb and scare.” Hook was still finding out where was Hoon, look for his penetree(?) and found it at last. Hook was still murmuring, when Hoon was still helping for the maps and found it at last. He went to penetrating eyes and said “(Whispers) Hook, my friend.”

THE END!!!

(This section almost seems like an epilogue, but after the first sentence, I can’t really follow all the threads of thought she’s talking about...)

Bethany, who was still under Hook’s spell, went by a small fire.

Tush was still hoping (whispers) Hook (normal voice) coming down. Hoon was still puppet, purposing for look. Hoon was still hoping, by Yush way Icksix(?). Icksax was down in the dumps, by didn’t pinch it in eyes of Hook’s WENT DOWN BY THE INTERSTATE!!! (Small voice) Hoon was still on a dark small tip. He found out that Hoon was a (indecipherable phrase, too soft.) Hoon was still down. Hoon was still haps, by perhaps Hoosh will be amazed.

Hook dressed up as a commoner, went by a fire, then warmed himself and then was dead, and then went down by the Interstate, and no more.

Bethany went to her mummy and said, “Daddy... where’s daddy???”

And then she said, “The End! NO MORE! NO MORE STORIES!!”

Introducing Hook, 2008-01-07

Here's a new story from yesterday. She had an uncharacteristic lull in storytelling, for the first time since she started way back last February, and had been down to maybe one story per day or two for 2 weeks (her usual is 6-8 stories per day every single day, and this goes up to 13-14 stories in a day when she's particularly on a roll), starting Christmas. But yesterday she was back to herself again and suddenly told 4 very animated and involved stories in the space of an hour or so, introducing a whole set of new characters: her new main character Hook, a human/pteranodon that transforms at will, and several others who are either dinosaurs or pteranodons, plus including some Disney princesses into her stories as well. Corin and Aladar are still around, but only in the background.

So this is the first of her new stories. You can listen to her tell this story HERE.

Hock, who was still back in this dark room, went out of the room, and gave all the hooks to Hoon to save the message. “Really message... still it’s a real message, and he didn’t do all on the message. I want you to do on the cliffords, and you are the hooks and cliffords.”

(To me: There’s cliffords in my story, so you can record.)

“That’s why I said you can record,” said Hook. “It’s I! Hook.”

Hook went down by a stream and warmed himself. “This is a good place for me!” And the others to their own place. Hook to the place that Hock was sitting on. And he sit with Hock. So two of them looked down at the sky, and forward.

“We couldn’t!”

“No,” says Hook, “we couldn’t go there. Hmph. We sit in the same place alright?” Ogo and Hook. Hook... Corin then sat up and teached Hoong how to dance. Hoong was the one who was sat by him who don’t want to sit (does funny face and posture) like that. Who was bound into habit to (does same funny face and posture) umm, like that! So he normally have showers in Yush places then, that he didn’t like that are Hook places that Hang and Hut could be along each side. Each side couldn’t... didn’t go along rivers that laid on streams, that streams go on to another stream and another stream and another stream until SO many streams that are Hook can easily go to Yush that’s not far away from him. He floated, and for a while and listened to their hearts that breakings along the path, and alongs, hoping along Snow White who was down, down and stopped.

“Who was shepherds?” said Snow White and Jasmine together.

“Hmm...” said Hook. “Why that prince...”

(To me: Jasmine and Snow White are in the story! Jasmine and Snow White, but nobody else is here.)

Hoosh and Hock was still back, behind to Hook and the princesses and looked at them invigorously.

“Why are you looking at us like that?” said Snow White. “You’re supposed to leave us. There are shepherds to come along with ALL THE SHEEPS!”

Hook or Jasmine looked at her. Look at looked at them invigorously. “Why are you two are looking so vigorously like that?”

“BECAUSE WE ARE ANGRY AT EACH OTHER!!!” said Snow White. “And I’m angry at him, and he’s angry at me. So both of us are angry, alright???”

“Don’t do that thing Snow White.” Ran away to a stream that led to a narrow path, that Aladar was clearing the house that was still at... and something.

“I want to go home...”

Hook was standing on a path, on a road was led to a stream that led in to a narrow path, that led to the narrow... the narrow path that was led to contents, and was still black. It was hot, and the moon was shining in the daylight, and the sun was blazing hard.

“(Sings) SING A SONG OF THREE PENTILOCKS(?) TODAY AND I AM LATE, THE DAY IT CAN BE YAHARI HEY YAHOY! YAHARI HEY.” Hook was still nervously carrying out, and singing, “(Sings) YIPPEE YA YA YIPPEE YIPPEE YA, TWO NARROW PATHS, TWO IN THE NIGHT.” Hook was still shivering in the cold dark night... alone. “(Semi whisper) And want a drink... it’s in the cave... I’m shivering alone, and the wolf’s going to eat it... and...” escaped, and hanged from a wall. And very high for the wolfs to climb. And they flung on it, and didn’t let go. (Increasing tension) And let goed, and he didn’t fall! “That’s brave of me!” he shouted. “That’s brave!” he shouted on the cold darkness that led to his narrow stream, that was singed the song, “(Sings) BACK TO PATH, YOU ONCE THE NARROW, NARROW YAK(?) ARE SITTING ON HIS DOORSTEP, YAKKING AND A NO MAN.” Hook still stamping and looking for this. Hook who was still nervous in, still narrow in the stream that was still up in the big yard.

“Are you OK?”

“No. There are two bad wolves that wanted to eat me. They were just sleeping, they heard me shivering in the cold darkness in the night. And the sun was shining and they singed the song, ‘(Sings) Lick never, never a stream. A stream can,’ and the stream singed the same song than before, and I was very scared that it might eat me. And the narrow path led to your home. And so I came here, you were on guard. And I went there to see it was a dark.... steep, narrow... ‘(chants) stam neep neem clap a big nam ship NAM SABADASHLISH!!!! Yammer and sheep, down, down to down and all to lack.’ It was sounded really terrible. Goblins laughed and singed at the top of their voice.”

And Hoosh couldn’t believe that Hoong could sing a goblin song like that. And it went on, “(Chants) STANG nib, narrow and hang, hand and beater...”

(To me, showing me the book page: All this is contents, see the contents.)

Hoosh who was still back went and singed a song, but it make no use, and it make no difference too. Hook shouted at the top of the voice, “GOBLINS! WE ARE NOT COMING AGAIN!!!”

But goblin didn’t listen. The kept searching for them, but they never found them.

“But where is Hock??” Ogo was doing magic and was already disappearing down into a drain hole, that Hoong could never find him there. So he went back to the shouting place that the shoutings could only make out what you say, and he soon shouted, “LOOK!!! SHUSS!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????” but Hoong and Shuhss didn’t answer. They kept searching for Hock. “This is a maze... tck tck tck tck tck tck... sshh... out already.”

Hoong could still see the back of the narrow paths that led to streams that flowed into the grassland. And the grass were all there, bunched up. Grass! Grass is there! Grass!

(To me: So it was all bunched up, and he was untangling it now.)

He untangled before it went up in flames, and went up to a hill that saved the day, and had all the flames mucked up, and so much fire that he almost entangled it before the facts(?) when up in flames. And went up in flames, the whole ground, that he couldn’t manage. With all his things he tried to untangle it but they went up in flames already and they got burned.

So Hook tried to untie it, but it went out. And no one was kind there, except Corin that was so kind he untangled it before it went up in flames, and both of them untangled it. It went up and stang and stound(?), hanged and yammered, hunted and hammed.

The end.

Ok, I just transcribed another from the same day, and since it's still focused on Hook, here it is. You can listen to her tell this story HERE.

Hook was still in place, went down from the stream of heavy water gloom. “Heavy water?... Can’t avoid all these things..”

He went to a little cottage that was near (indecipherable). “(Chants) Yip Snap Crack, the big nab.”

Hoosh was still in narrow land, another one went out of the cavern and went to the cabin to (indecipherable). He saw that Corin wasn’t okay and is gloom from the water, and the water is gloomy, and he feel that he didn’t want to go, and they went down a straight narrow path.

“You must be Grumpy,” said Hook. “But how can you get a path like that, hidden Doc and Grumpy?”

And Doc spotted the narrowest path along that he took with Snow White yesterday, and said “That path! Grumpy found. Look! ” said Doc, “that path over there that I went with Snow White yesterday? The old one... they built a new one there so look to see it, but it was burned and there was another one.”

They went to the path that he went with Snow White. Both of them looked, and Grumpy and Jasmine were doing work in the copse, very near the bank.

(To me: There’s two dwarfs here. One is Doc and one is Grumpy. So Grumpy’s helping Jasmine and Doc is helping Snow White, and the others are sleeping.)

“Alright!” said Doc. Hoost was watching them went out of hiding and looked at them invigorously.

“What??? Jasmine helping Grumpy, and Doc helping Snow White... that couldn’t be!!” Hook stared in horror. “What can be (indecipherable) like that!”

(Me: Hoost and Hook and Hoong and all of them... what are they?
B: They are dinosaurs.)

Hoosh, who was staring straight back went and looked at them. “Maybe they’re having a wonderful time,” he said. He said to Aladar.

Aladar looked, and stared in surprise. “That must be a man!! Just don’t deserve it! Two mans...playing with dwarfs...”

(To me: Actually they’re princesses, but they don’t know that they’re not mans.)

Hoosh looked up, and “One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty!”

(Me: One hundred and thirty what?
B: He says so many thirty..)

One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! One hundred and thirty! So much hundred and thirties. Hook was still saying, “Hundred and thirty! Hundred and thirty! And Hundred and thirty!... it couldn’t be!!!” he was helping the princesses, bent down upon three of tiny beds. “That I was still storming and yakking along... three of tiny beds that went to the dwarfs, of ancient friend of Grandmother Willow’s, that went to the Grandmother Willow place.”

Hook was still vanishing from his from his place.

Scuffling and Scuttling, 2007-11-17

Listen to her tell this story HERE

Corin destroyed the eckle(?) and Larry being caught. So then Corin was so fierce! And he’s so scary. Also Yush wasn’t with them, because they had put the lid on, covered was over Larry, and Corin said, “What’s over there???.... ALADAR!”

Aladar scuffled about in a field where he was surrounded. He was scuttling about day and night. He was scuttling in a field with his friends, the other ones. “Let’s go and see,” said Larry. But Larry and Corin got caught and Corin said, “LET HIM GO!!!”

“I DON’T WANT!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING????” Corin shouted at the man that caught Larry. He’s so scary for the man.

Kush lurched and put a branch on here, Corin climbed the branch. Larry and Aladar climbed. Aladar and Corin pushed the branch on the man and then got out. So the man, he was just standing there alone for heself.

“NO ONE COULD BE LIKE THAT!” said Chuss.

“NO!!!” said Corin.

“NO!! I had bring TERROR,” said Kush.

“I also!” said Larry.

“You two... you three have bring terror?” said the others in dismay. “How you can kill a man like that?”

“We did with the tree trunk to push him and he died...”

“Oh no!!” said Chuss, “that’s scary!”

“Men is not scary... they are surviving at that time of the year and the day, and night and day. And I got out... for you... I got out for you! Check us later, when you check out.”

“Can I check out?” said Chuss.

“I couldn’t!” said Den.

“Bush!” said Tin.

“I don’t know,” said Larry.

“WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!.... MUMMY!.... WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO MUMMY!”

“We use the scuffling about Corin to come,” said Tin.

“Tin, don’t do that!” said the mummy.

“Let’s recourse(?) because class(?),” said Chuss.

“Poock!” said Tin. “ARRGGHHH!” said Tin. “I don’t know what to do!!” said Tin, said mummy calling them.

“WE COULDN’T!!!!” said Pip. “WE COULDN’T, WE’RE NOT READY YET!”

“ALRIGHT!” said Tin’s mummy. “Let’s go!”

Corin went to a big junk yard. “This is not cool,” he said to Larry. “Let’s go back to the others and discuss about Chuss.”

Chun wasn’t discussing about all the things, so Lun couldn’t do anything about all the room. “Let’s hear him scuffling about, in all directions and corners,” said Larry, “then he will know us, and he will know that we are watching, scuttling up.”

They watched Hung as he was scuffling about, all his discussions...and looking for a clue. “I found a clue!” he said to the others. “Look, what is it?”

“Aladar, don’t make a dush(?) like that, you might collapse and fall.”

“Alright,” said Aladar. Aladar keep scuffling about in the woods.

The others said, “He must be a larger thing, when he scuffling about in the woods, somewhere about. Let’s go and scuffle him.” And they scuffled Larry, and then went out.

“That was a close kick! We should go into boarding school before Mr Goon comes and catches us.”

They went to boarding school, over many years ago, and went home down a street path that led to Shakaboom’s house, late. “We don’t know what is that!” said Bets.

“Over there!” said Pip, “Look over there!!!”

Woodcutters were cutting up on a trunk, where two lids came over another lid. There someone was scuffling about, on his four legs. “Maybe that Larry,” said Chuss, “should go and pounce on him.”

They pounced, and pounced on the man that was scuffling about. Then went, “We couldn’t die,” said Larry. “Over there, look! I was scuttling about... Corin!.... let’s go and pounce on him,” said Larry.

And they pounced on Corin, and Corin said, “Oh no!... Let’s not do that. To some other people, they might be bad to us!”

“Just checking, “ said Chuss. “You check at the end of the book when we finished scuttling about the boarding school.”

They went to Luss, said, “Boarding school is over. We want to discuss about all the things that we did before that. Can we go teacher?”

The teacher said yes, so they went out of boarding school. And Shush shot... Corin shot into something. “Ouch, it’s poking me!”

“What is it???” said the others, delighted.

“It’s a mystery!!!!” said Larry.

“OH!” said Bets. “I love to solve mysteries!”

“Keep quiet!” said Pip. They all stand still. In a myrrh(?) computer(?) shape, that Corin couldn’t believe his eyes. There was something moving in the shadows! Over on a rocky lid, on a spot on a nearby rock. It was scuffling about everywhere.

“What are we going to do???” said Corin. “We’d better put a rock on it!!! Before it catches us!”

It was Mr Goon. They put a stone on him. “Ouch! Ouch!”

Hung said, “Heh heh heh heh! That wasn’t cool!” Hung lurched along a branch that led on a rocky stone. He pushed it at the scuffling Mr Goon.

Shouldn’t was able to believe his eyes when he saw a big monstrous T-rex coming out of the shadows. “T-rex, don’t do that.” The good T-rex, “DON’T DO THAT BAD T-REX! Don’t eat us!”

“NO!!” said Pip.

“NO!!” said Larry.

“NO! NO!” they all shouted at, they all angry at the bad T-rex because it came and it wanted to eat them, so they all angry at him, including Bets and Fatty.

Buster was growling like a near in the machine, so they all angry. Everyone is all angry at the bad T-rex.

Corin and Stoong wasn’t happy. “WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!” said Bets. ‘DON’T AGGRAVATE US!!! DON’T ANGRY US EITHER. DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT’S ANGRY US BAD T-REX... DON’T!!!!”

“DON’T!” said Fatty.

“NO!!!” said Larry. “DON’T EAT US!”

“WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!” said Bets. “NO, NO!!! WE COULDN’T DO THAT! NO!!!! DON’T EAT ONE OF US, DON’T DON’T!!! IT’S TERRIBLE! We will have no one to care for us if you eat all of our family. We will be all alone and you might eat us too. Please don’t eat anyone.”

“This T-rex is a harmless one. He wouldn’t bite you.”

“HOONG! NO, PUT THE TREE ON HIM, before he eats all of us down.”

Yush put a tree as he went on a big stony cliff. All of them were sitting on a bench somewhere. “It’s hot,” he said. “I’m hot and tired so I have to come here to you.”

And they all sat by side by side, and Corin discussed, “Do you think we have to go home later? You’re feeling hot and tired. Let’s go back to boarding school and sleep.”

They went back to boarding school, very long time ago, at the Interstate with their Uncle by the same day. So they go to the Interstate to get some news about all the things that they did before. Before long the dawn is over, treading like a yus(?) near somewhere over house Hoong. Dawn was treading through the trees. And birds singed in the branches below, all they singed.

I FINISHED!!!!!