Saturday, June 22, 2013

An Unconventional Bedtime Story

Tonight when David went to tuck Hanna into bed, she asked for a bedtime story. It went like this:
Hanna: Daddy, will you tell me a bedtime story?
David: No, it's too late. Go to sleep. 
Hanna: Please? Just a short one?
David: Fine. Once upon a time there was a dictator named Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a very mean man and took over a lot of land. Then the British came and defeated him and put him in jail. 
Hanna: So the British are mean to the people they don't like and nice to the people they do like? Like they'll kick you in the legs and stuff? 
David: Absolutely. 
Hanna: And they always win?
David: Most of the time. 
Hanna: And what else?
David: That's it. That's the end. 
Hanna: Okay, thanks Daddy. Goodnight. 

The moral of this story? Think twice before asking your history loving Daddy for a nice bedtime story. You just might get a bed time story/history lesson all rolled into one. 

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