The Adventures of Mat man, continued...

As dictated to Mommy today:

"Mat man and the ice"
Mat man had ice. The ice flies. He hits the ice and the ice pokes him. Ouch! "I'm going to save the day again." says mat man.
The end.

"Mat man and the lion"
Mat man sees a lion. The lion tries to get him. Mat man hits the lion, and is goes soaring up into space. Then it falls back down on mat man's face. The lion thinks he is saved. Then mat man flies and sends him into space, where he floats around."
The End

Of course, I have to read these with the appropriate super hero voice and actions until we are all laughing. Maybe I have spent too much time watching "my hero" on PBS, better known as Thermoman. Yikes.

Mat man

Tim is learning to read. He can sound out three letter words and we've started the McGuffey readers, "Nat can fan Ann." hmm.. the story content is not that exciting. So we've invented, "The Adventures of Mat man!" He is a winged superhero who wears a mat instead of a cape. We have made up many adventures of Mat man. Here is the version Tim can read.
Mat man has bad man.
Bad man runs.
Mat man runs.
Mat man flings mat.
Mat hits bad man.
Mat man wins.

After Tim has successfully read his version, I am instructed to re-read it with appropriate sound effects, like mat man having a hard time running because a mat is much heavier than a cape, not to mention the herculean effort in flinging the mat after the criminal. Hey, it makes Tim laugh and keeps him interested in mat man, I mean reading. Look out for more adventures of. . . the Mighty Mat Man!!