Nathan's first bed time story

Nathan said I should sing the baby a lullaby song to which I replied why don't YOU sing US a lullaby.  After agreeing that Nathan's singing  might not aid in our attempts to sleep, I suggested he tell us a bedtime story.  I thought I would share his first bed time story.....

GRIZZ and the Berry

Once upon a time there was a grizzly bear.  He lived in Alaska. (meg: do Grizzly bears live in Alaska?....nate of course...)  You see this bear was different from all the other grizzly bears, he was a kind, gentle, loving bear.  In fact he didn't even like to be called a grizzly bear because it made him sound like a mean ferocious beast.  So he went by "Grizz" and everyone called him Grizz.  You see, Grizz was a vegetarian and he only ate berries.  One day he found a toadstool next to the berries.  He thought "hmm...what a strange looking berry.  It must be a berry because it's sitting right here with all the to other berries."  So Grizz pulled out his napkin and tied it around his neck.  Then he pulled out his fork and knife and began to ever so carefully slice the strange berry.  (meg: where'd he get the fork and knife? nate: he carries them around with him) He took a few bites and thought "it doesn't look like a berry, it doesn't smell like a berry and it doesn't taste like a berry, but it's not so bad."  Grizz continued to eat the toadstool.  As he finished his new-found delicacy he wanted to know what kind of new berry this was so he picked up the dictionary.  (meg: where'd he get the dictionary?  nate: it was just laying there on the ground, it's not winter or anything so it wasn't hiding in the snow.  meg: right ok...) Grizz found a picture of the toadstool/berry and saw that it was from the Latin root "amanita phalloides" aka the "death cap."  As Grizz continued to read about phalloides (meg: laughing so hard it hurts!!!) did you just make that up?? nate: no it really is called phalloides. meg: no way!! you made that up there is no way!! (still continuously laughing so hard I could hardly speak now) tell the truth! nate: (very matter of fact and serious) truth, that's what it's called so anyways....) Grizz continued to learn about the death cap but by now it was too late, Grizz just fell over.  He went into a coma and then died.  (The End)

Meg:  no way you did NOT just kill Griz!!! That was the worst bed time story ever!  You are never allowed to tell our kids stories (still laughing, but seriously!!)
Nate: no it's a good story, the moral of the story is to teach our kids not to eat mushrooms/toadstools! And besides Griz will be back! (meg: what?! no he can't you just killed him!)  Oh yes!  People always come back to life in stories. It will be as in the show "LOST.  We can work Griz back into the plot with lots of flashbacks, flashforwards and such.  Or we can have him reincarnated back into nature, I see him coming back as a tulip.

What can I say, gotta love him! hahaha