My Baby
Monsters

Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass. But it is very deep too. It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go, and many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.

Now don't suppose that there are only bare white sands at the bottom of the sea. No indeed! The most marvelous trees and flowers grow down there, with such pliant stalks and leaves that the least stir in the water makes them move about as though they were alive. All sorts of fish, large and small, dart among the branches, just as birds flit through the trees up here. From the deepest spot in the ocean rises the palace of the sea king. Its walls are made of coral and its high pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells that open and shut with the tide. This is a wonderful sight to see, for every shell holds glistening pearls, any one of which would be the pride of a queen's crown."

The true story of a little girl's imaginary world.

There is a Lollipop Road
in Magic World
where you can pick lollipops
from the ground
and eat them…
as many as you want!

– lick, lick, lick –

No matter how many you take,
– lick, lick, lick –
a new one always grows in its place,
– lick, lick, lick –
so you can get more,
– lick, lick, lick –
and more,
– lick, lick, lick –
and more.
– lick, lick, lick –

But one day,
– lick, lick, crunch –
a boy found a
COOKIE?
on Lollipop Road.

So the boy
– lick, lick, huh? –
picked up the COOKIE!
– sniff, sniff, crunch –
and ate the COOKIE!
– crunch, crunch, crunch –
and…
……… f …………………c
……… e …………………r
……… l …………………u
……… l …………………u

……… d ………………..c
……… o ………………..r
……… w ……………….u
……… n ………………..n
……… ! …………………c
……… ! …………………h
……….. because the COOKIE was poisonous.

And then the boy fell a-
………………………………..-sleep,
and where he fell a-
…………………………..-sleep,
a………………O
new…………/
lollipop…./
…….grew/

Have fun,
– Josie

My dad just gave me a time machine …

"No I didn't, it's still mine."

… as big as this house …

'No it's not, it's just a little box."

… but I can't find any pictures …

"What about this one?"

… so I'm drawing one myself …

"Why can't I draw too?"

… of me swimming in the water …

"Swimming, swimming in the swimming pool."

… of me visiting the fish …

"When days are hot."

… but then there's a shark …

"When days are cold and days are cold."

… and the shark goes right through me ….

"Excuse me, Josie, I love the story, but is this all in the picture?"

Yes.

"But where's the time machine? And what are you going to do with the picture?"

Here's the time machine, and well I put the pictures in it of course, and then I travel down to the fish …

"In the swimming pool. When days are hot and days are cold."

… but now I can't find my time machine when it's time to come home. So I'm trapped.

"Maybe you'll get eaten by…."

Have fun,
– Josie (and the daddy)

Enoy more 'Saw you Tomorrow'
a new children's book we're writing

Daddy: Pick a noun.

Once upon a time,
about 10 minutes from now…
actually, in 10 minutes time,
the story will start,
so please wait.

Please keep your arms and legs
inside this story,
and be quite
for the next 10 minutes
and the story will start again.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Shh!

SHH!

Ahh, sorry,
Lying King lied,
he's not going to wait 10 minutes to start telling this story.
No way,
he's going to start right now.

But you know what?
He's already done with the story.
He's not going to write another word
because he is so done with the story.
This story is over.
It's done,
and he Happy,
but he's not Doc, or Sleepy, or Dopey,
just Happy.

Have fun,
– the daddy

Now this is not another story about Baby Monster Lying King, it's a new story about the "Oh, I just can't wait to be king," Lion King.

The Lion King was walking in a parade, the Lion King Parade. And he was walking in the V that birds always fly in… just like the V-formation Abigail and Amelia Gabble geese in Disney's AristoCats walked in. It went something like this…

………………………dah
………………..dah …… dah
…………..dah ………………. dah
……..dah …………………………. dah
dah ……………………………………… dah-
…………………….. I am……………………. da
…………….. the Lion King,
………………… and I am
………………… so pretty,
………………… but I have
……………….. mud on me,
………………. because I am
…………………… a pig,
……………. so how can I be
………………….. a king?
.. 'cause I just can't wait to be king!

…………….Have fun, — Josie

This fun story and other great children's stories can be heard on
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I was in the Caribbean,
on a Caribbean ride.
It was the Weird Pirates of the Caribbean ride,
and I was the Caribbean master
so I sung this song.

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me."

Arh.

And then all me pirates sang,
"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me."

And then me Disney dog sang,
"Me matie argh. Ruff."

Have fun,
– Josie

This fun story and other great children's stories can be heard on
It's Summer Vacation and we have 500 children's stories. Now what?
[My Baby Monsters go to Disney World :: PODCAST: season 2gr8]

(sing to tune of On Top of Spaghetti or On Top of Old Smokey songs)

On top of Everest Mountain Roller Coaster
there was lots of snow,
actually it was rain before
but then it froze into snow.

Actually it was ice first,
and that's frozen water
that you add cool colors to
so it turns into snow.

And we were at the top of Everest Mountain Roller Coaster
when it fell down on us
because we were going down screaming
like AH-AH-AH-AAAAAAAAHHHHH!

At in the beginning it was fun
but then we ran into the mountain
and then it made me a little Dopey
and a little Sneezy too.

Expedition Everest
is a runaway-train roller coaster at Disney World
where Himalayan trekkers board refurbished steam trains
on their way to the base camp of Mount Everest.

It's protected by a yeti
who likes it's meatballs
on top of spaghetti
all covered with cheese.

Have fun,
– Josie

This fun story and other great children's stories can be heard on
It's Summer Vacation and we have 500 children's stories. Now what?
[My Baby Monsters go to Disney World :: PODCAST: season 2gr8]