Harper loves fairy tales. We have a big book of fairy tales that Mark's parents bought her a long time ago that she calls "The Giant Book." We've read it so much that the cover has fallen off. The Giant Book contains many well known stories like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, and Hansel and Gretel. People who know the original Grimm Fairy Tales know that many of these stories actually have pretty gruesome endings. Well, The Giant Book reinterprets the endings of these stories and most of them end with the bad guy (Big Bad Wolf, Wicked Witch, Troll, what-have-you) "NEVER SEEN AGAIN." What this means is that, for Harper, every time a bad guy is vanquished - in stories, movies, tv shows, imagination - they are "NEVER SEEN AGAIN."
Yesterday, Harper, Jared (my brother), Annie (his wife), Mark, and I were all sitting around in the living room watching Tangled with Harper. At some point, Harper decided she wanted to try on my watch. So, not really paying attention, I took it off and and put it on Harper's wrist.
Me, to Harper: "Now, don't lose Mommy's watch."
Harper: "Okay."
Toward the end of the movie, I realized that I never got my watch back. Harper and been up off the couch several times.
Me: "Harper, where's my watch?"
Harper: "I hid it."
Me: "Where?"
Harper: "I don't know."
I wasn't terribly worried at this point. Harper often says that she has hidden things but it doesn't really mean much. I moved some blankets around on the couch looking for my watching.
Meanwhile, Tangled was ending with the demise of the "naughty" Mother Gothel.
Harper: "And Wicked Witch was NEVER SEEN AGAIN!"
Jared: "Just like your watch."
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