A year or so ago, I asked my granddaughter Kate, then age 4, to tell me a story. As she spoke, I was intrigued by how her imagination flows from one thought to another. She has no boundaries; she simply lets her mind take her wherever it wants! Her story starred her favorite stuffed animal, Fox, that I gave her when she was 2. Ready?
“Fox is friends with all my other stuffies. They love him because he’s funny and makes silly noises. He loves to eat dinner with me. He likes fish sticks like you have at your house, Nonna. But Fox sometimes is really, really bad at my house. He jumps right up on the table!
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