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| Childhood Dream |
When the night is beginning to lower
Comes a pause in the day’s occupations
That is known as the Children’s Hour
All fed from the table,
Given such wondrous treats,
Washed really clean,
And smelling so sweet.
Giggling and laughter,
As bedtime draws near,
Awaiting father's story,
Of adventure and fear.
Children sitting with their cocoa,
Father sits in his chair,
He begins a new story,
The children all stare.Mother comes to join them,
Her chores now all done,
They all sit together
All listening as one.
Father, does all the voices,
As the adventure pours out,
Running and chasing,
Even romance is about!
Alas there is always,
An end to this time,
Off to our beds,
To rythmn and rhyme.
I look back at these times,
All the troubles and strife,
It was the magical stories,
The best time of my life!
Whitesnakes do it better ..............when the children smile
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17 comments:
Those were the days but now we get to act like big kids together xxxx
true, stories could do big wonders.
lovely piece.
Wonderful! What a warm, loving picture you paint. Glad I came and read!
Magical story times are for sure the best times of this life.So good to read you again.
Sweet.
This poem was as lovely as the wonderful tales told.
It was very magical and yet so down to earth.
I agree that those are wonderful times! And special times!
This sounds like a golden childhood......reminds me, too, of reading to all the small voyagers I have spent time with.........a truly beautiful read!
Ah, thank you for reminding me of similar times in my own childhood.
I had a lot of fun reading this : )
ZQ
I can see this as a set up to a movie. I read all the Hobbit, Narnia and Mossflower books to my sons when they were little, voices and all. Gollum was fun.
Thank you all for your comments.
The family Storyteller goes way back to the candle light days. I guess now more kids go to bed after playing their games on a kindle
Thanks for dropping by my sumie Sunday
Much💟love
My little ones are teenagers now. I miss the days of reading The Monster at the End of the Book, and later the Harry Potter series, out loud to them.
It is so wonderful to know of quality time well-spent. The art and appreciation of storytelling is a rare phenomenon in current households. All the youngsters are now glued to their gadgets happy being busy on social media. Great thoughts Whitesnake and beautiful rhyming!
Hank
Those were wonderful times indeed. I never experienced it personally but did have fun reading to my daughter and getting her ready for bed. Such a sweet time of the day.
I used to read myself bedtime stories when I was supposed to be asleep xxxx
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