Stage debut
The Kid made her stage debut tonight. Kind of.
She wrote a play about a little red hen who plants some wheat, grows the wheat, cuts the wheat, bakes the bread and then eats it. All along the dog, the cat and the pig won’t help but they’re happy to help eat the bread. The red hen doesn’t let them.
I think her inspiration for this play was a book she read at school. In fact, I think her play is outright plagiarism, but she’s only 5 so we’ll let that slide.
Anyway — she wanted to put on her play for Lisa and I, and she also invited Auntie Diane and Uncle Peter. She made tickets (they say “Admit one, Little Red Hen, One Night Only”) and insisted I get some popcorn for refreshments. We put the coffee table against the bookshelf under the downlights. I got to play usher and help Auntie Diane and Uncle Peter to their seat. I then flicked on the lights and she performed her play.
It didn’t take long to get through her play, but she didn’t mind. A big round of applause and she was happy.
Who said what?