driving entertainment

Parker and I drove to Salem on Sunday, and back home on Monday. He's a good traveler but it still gets long, so we dug out paper and pen for his amusement. He says, "Mom, think of something for me to write about next; I'm going to write a diary from a soldier first." Wow, good creative start. Here's his first entry:

Feb. 21, 1940
My name is John. I am in infantry in Germany. The Germans (Nazis) are very strong in their heavy guns and we are strong in the air. I was drafted two years ago on this same date. The army came to my door and said, "We have drafted you to the army my boy!" I had frowned. They took me and put a gun in my hands and basically just pushed me into the line of fire! It was scary at first but I got used to it. I have been wounded twice. Once in the arm by bullet and once by a bomb.

Once he read that to me he wanted a second topic, so I suggested Sasquatch. He chose to make an acrostic:

S cary
A pe
S neaky
Q uiet
U ndercover
A nimal
T oon (because maybe he's not real)
C arnivore
H ider

Next, he announced that he'd draw a cartoon of a tiger visiting the cat doctor. I can't reproduce it here, but at this point I was highly impressed with his creative efforts. Then he fell silent for a bit, before reading me his fourth project:

Write an apology from a magician:

Dear Mrs. and Mr. Stachler,
I am dearly sorry that I made Parker into a rock. I am very sorry to hear that you threw him into your garden! I was trying to shrink and turn a stuffed animal into a rock. I had never done that trick before and wanted to do it.
From,
Sorry Sam

Now we were on an apology theme, and the hits continued:

Write an apology from Gaggy

Dear daughter,
I am very sorry to announce that Parker was smooshed into a pulp in the shop. He was lying down on the floor and Daddoo dropped an anvil on his stomach. Daddoo came in....maybe I shouldn't do details. He is buried in the smooshed-into-a-pulp cemetery.
From,
Gagster

and I suggested another apology, from a frog to a princess (thinking, "sorry my lips were green and slimy.....")

Deary Judy,
I am sorry that I turned into a raging maniac and ate your dog. Your dog was very nice, and tasted good too!
From,
FrankenFrog