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.