Silly Bunnies

My parents visited us for Christmas this year. My mom told the story of the tangle bunnies to Sarah, who sat on her lap after breakfast with tangly –hair. It went something like this,

“Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful little princess named Sarah with beautiful long hair. In the mornings, Sarah always woke up with tangles in the back of her hair. You see, while she was sleeping, the tangle bunnies would come. Teeny-tiny bunnies would hop to her door. Then one would peek inside to make sure she was asleep. Next those little tangle bunnies would jump and hop and dance and even make little nests in her beautiful hair all night long. When the first light appeared in the sky, they would hop away. The princess would wake up with tangles in her hair.”

This morning Sarah had some tangles and I said, “Looks like the tangle-bunnies have been busy.” Her response was, “Oh, mama, can we write the story and draw pictures? I want to call them the silly bunnies.” Before I could even smile, she had her markers and paper out. “How do you spell, “once upon a time” ?” Later she proudly showed me her finished story with a slightly different ending…”and the silly bunnies hopped in Sarah’s hair and the silly bunnies got spanked. The End.”