Reintroducing.... Kenny the Gnome

While the physical act of the children falling asleep in the new house has been trying, the storytime step in the process of getting ready for bed has been working well.  We're three chapters into The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Maja is still interested, although chapter three is extremely long-winded. 

Sunday night Millie wanted a story read, and as she is obviously not ready for the real Oz books, I took her in her room, tucked her in, and started the third version of the story of David the Gnome.   We had just gotten a robust cast of characters when Maja was her age now, so a full introduction of the characters was at hand.  With no prep time and a sketchy memory of the actual show, we've kept it simple.

1. David found a fox who had it's paw injured in a steel trap.  He coerced a bear to help him open the trap enough to get the paw out, and the fox and David grew to be good friends as the animal convalesced outside David's tree house.
2. David fashioned a light cart to the fox for when they travelled to visit gnomes in far-off lands and needed to bring extra supplies.  One day, one of the cart's wheels broke, and by a stroke of luck, gnome fix-it-guy, Kenny the Gnome happened to be around and got things back together. 

Time to review the older posts to figure out what happens next...