Mason and I abandoned the Narnia Chronicles several weeks ago in favor of the much lighter Junie B. Jones series. Narnia was giving me a headache. You can't just read it as-is to a 6-year-old...you have to paraphrase and do LOTS of explaining. And I don't even like fantasy. So we started reading the Junie books that Mason checked out at the library. I read it in her voice, and I do a great imitation of a bratty first-grader, if I do say so myself. Here's a passage we read tonight about Junie's boyfriend, Ricardo, breaking up with her:
"Because, Ricardo. Because I am your girlfriend. And you are my boyfriend. And boyfriends and girlfriends are only allowed to chase each other. That's how come."
Ricardo's face turned very glum. "But I like chasing new Thelma," he said kind of whiny. "It's fun."
I patted his arm very understanding. "Yes, well, I don't make the rules, Rick, I just enforce them," I said.
Ricardo didn't talk for a long time. Then finally he stood up. And he shook my hand real nice. "Junie B., it's been fun being your boyfriend," he said. "But I think it's time we started chasing other people." After that, he waved good bye. And he ran off to chase new Thelma again.
It won't be long before Mason realizes boys don't read these kind of stories - I'm just enjoying it while it lasts.
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LOL this cracked me up! I read one these books out loud to my first grade class one time. The loved my impressions of Junie B.!
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