The Puppet Show

Do your kids like theater ? Do you take them to see some shows ? What about puppets ? Do they interact with the characters ? Do they warn the characters of dangers ? or do they run away and hide their eyes in the sight of danger ? Do they like to play theater ? Do they behave during session ? Do they talk loud ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

The tailor was making a new mantle for the king. the Little Girl wanted to help the tailor, she was telling him always where the things he needed were.
"The scissors are on the shelf!"
"The cloth is on the table!"
"The thimble is in your pocket!"

But the tailor seam to be deaf. He did not listen to the Little Girl.
Finally, the tailor got the things he needed and made the mantle. It was time to take the mantle to the king.
On the way a wild boar approached the tailor. The Little Girl shouted with her lungs full of air: "Watch out with the wild boar!". But the tailor still did not listen to the Little Girl.
"ARGGHH!", shouted the tailor when he saw the wild boar. the tailor ran for his life.
The Little Girl was upset, "Man! The tailor does not listen to me, he is always getting into trouble!".
"Hello Little Girl, now you know how Papi feels when he talks to you...", said Papi.
The tailor managed to escape the wild boar, only to get between two trolls that were in the forest.
The tailor went up a tree.
"Don't come down, watch out with the trolls!", shouted the Little Girl.
Finally the tailor was doing what she told him. And now the tailor was throwing rocks at the trolls when they fell asleep. The trolls waked up and started finding one another.
The Little Girl laughed loudly, and told to the tailor that he could now come down the tree.
The tailor did what she said, and the Little Girl cheered.
"Finally!", said the Little Girl.
"See, it's much better when you do what people that know better tell you!"", said Papi to the Little Girl.
"Yes, Papi, I will do what you tell me!", answered the Little Girl.

The Castle

What is it like to take your child to visit monuments ? Can they be still ? Do they run around the place ? Do they ask questions ? Are they in search for something ? Tell me your story.
Here is mine...

Papi was reading the story about the longest castle in Europe. A beautiful story about a beautiful castle, but what impressed more was the small modern village actually thriving and living between the castle walls. It's not everyday that you see the mailman passing along the street delivering mail to the small house along the castle walls. Something strange and paradoxical about the image, nevertheless with the charm of a small well preserved village.

The mailman had parked the bicycle near the fountain and was now delivering a small parcel to one of the traditional hoses. The plain white wall contoured by the wooden windows and doors, along with the wooden vases with the blooming pink and red flowers gave a touch of simplicity to the picture.

Nearby a tourist was taking pictures of the fountain while examining with great detail the engravings around the fountain. it told a story of a king in love, that everyday his subjects came to wish a wife for the king and threw a coin into the fountain.

Nearby we could see a small two story restaurant, it advertised a dish of roast boar cooked in the central fire pit located in the bottom story. The great walls seemed to contain and amplify the heat within the room, thus we get a feeling that it is now only the boar that is getting cooked. Everybody could feel the intensive heat that gave the meat that succulent taste by not drying the meat.

As we sat on the top story enjoying the roast boar we could see another paradoxical scene. We could see cloth lines in several small houses with modern clothes handing. Some pairs of jeans and colored t-shirts seemed quite out of place, but provided nevertheless a joyful color to the scene.