Ghosts
Yesterday, Sven's active imagination finally caught up with him. We were in Portland (Erik just completed one day STP), and we met our friend Bob Wilcox for breakfast. Bob gave Sven a book of Chinese Ghost stories - actually anti-Ghost stories, that were translated into English in the PRC. It is a collection of stories on "How Not to Be Afraid of Ghosts."
While we were waiting to get seated in the Restaurant, Sven wanted me to read some of them to him. Most of the stories were only a couple of pages long, but they contained some vivid descriptions of what the ghosts looked like. So, Sven asked me to draw some of them with the Restaurant supplied crayons. One was described as a bright flaming disk, that had twinkling eyes all over. So, I drew a yellow blob, with blues eyes, and flames coming off the end.
All day long, Sven talked about the ghosts/spirits, and he pretended to be either the hero or the ghosts.
Then, last night, the ghosts all came back to haunt him - literally. Poor Sven's very active imagination caught up with him, and he got out of bed several times complaining of ghosts flying in the hallway, in his room, etc. It took until 11:30 PM to calm him down so he could sleep.
Erik hid the book, and we'll get back to it in a few years.
While we were waiting to get seated in the Restaurant, Sven wanted me to read some of them to him. Most of the stories were only a couple of pages long, but they contained some vivid descriptions of what the ghosts looked like. So, Sven asked me to draw some of them with the Restaurant supplied crayons. One was described as a bright flaming disk, that had twinkling eyes all over. So, I drew a yellow blob, with blues eyes, and flames coming off the end.
All day long, Sven talked about the ghosts/spirits, and he pretended to be either the hero or the ghosts.
Then, last night, the ghosts all came back to haunt him - literally. Poor Sven's very active imagination caught up with him, and he got out of bed several times complaining of ghosts flying in the hallway, in his room, etc. It took until 11:30 PM to calm him down so he could sleep.
Erik hid the book, and we'll get back to it in a few years.
posted by Aki at 7/17/2006 08:28:00 AM
2 Comments:
Everyone has been listing a word from their childhood ,that is "ghost" .What is ghost? ,i don't know.I never say about it,because it is a contractible story.But i suggest you don't be afraid.
Everyone has been listing a word from their childhood ,that is "ghost" .What is ghost? ,i don't know.I never say about it,because it is a contractible story.But i suggest you don't be afraid.
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