Imagination

"Tell me about your day at school."



"Well first, the teacher made us put away our coats. I accidentally fell trying to change my boots. Lucy kicked some snow on me and it landed in my eye, then I threw some snow at her from the bottom of my boots. The teacher didn't s..."



"Hannah, you should throw snow at people..."



"And then, at snack time, I traded my apple for a cookie."



"Hannah, cookies are not healthy."



"... it was a good cookie, Mom. Anyway, we learned about letters, actually, we were on H today. I raised my hand and said H-H-Hannah. And at nap time, a green dragon came into..."



"Now, Hannah, did a green dragon really come into your classroom?"



"Yes. It flew around the room. All of the other kids were scaed of it, but I liked him. He just forgot how to get back outside, like birds do som..."



"I want to hear about what really happened at school today, Hannah. You aren't supposed to lie."



"Birds get stuck indoors sometimes. The dragon kept nudging the window with his nose. I opened the window for him. Ms. Tomlin said that we'd all get a cold, but I told her that the dragon nee..."



"Hannah, stop lying. A dragon did not come into your classroom today."



"It flew out the window. It waved when it was way high up in the sky. Ms. Tomlin sent me to the office because I opened the window for the dragon. But, I had to leave the window open because the dragon was singing me a song when he was in the sky... it was a beautiful dragon-song, mommy."



"Go to your room, Hannah, lying is not okay."