My mommy wanted them to have a good time, so she promised to take them to see a movie. My sister and her friend were very excited!
Mommy made the promise before she knew whether there were any children's movies playing in town, so she had to look in all the newspapers. She looked and looked. She could not find any children's movies playing.
Finally, Mommy found a good movie at a movie theatre she had never been to before. She was so pleased! The movie was about Pinocchio. She knew we all liked the story of Pinocchio. So, all of us got dressed up pretty—even Daddy!
We got into the car. Mommy had directions and told Daddy where to go. None of us had ever been in that part of town before, so it took a little time and effort to find the theatre. It was an outdoors theatre and sort of hidden away from view.
When we arrived, the movie was about to start. My sister and her friend became even more excited.
We drove up to the marquee. Big, red letters told us we had found the Pinocchio film. Mommy read the red letters and changed her mind about taking us to see the movie. She told Daddy to turn around, and he did so immediately.
Mommy and Daddy took us to Baskin-Robbins instead of the movie. I like ice cream very much, so that was okay with me. My sister and her friend, though, would have preferred the movie. They did not understand why Mommy changed her mind, and Mommy could not explain very well. She said that some day they would understand why the words on the marquee had made her change her mind.
The marquee said, "Pinocchio: It wasn't his nose that grew!" So, what grew?
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This story is excerpted from a collection of vignettes that I helped Doah, my severely mentally challenged youngest son, to write and publish several years ago (copyright 2003). It was my attempt to help him understand literacy and the purpose of writing and reading.
Yes, we parents can be confusing at times.
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Lizzie remembers that incident to this day! She wrote about it in a note she put on facebook: lessons I learned from Mom. One of the lessons is that it is not wise to take your children to porn flix! ;)
ReplyDeleteMy mom and dad did something similar...took us to a movie and once we sat down and had our popcorn, they realized they'd picked the wrong theater...we left!
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing up that great memory with your blog.
Glad I am not the only one! Thanks for sharing.
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