Here's Claire's first story:

The Wet Princess
By Claire Chartrand

Once upon a time, there was a princess. Her name was Sleeping Beauty. She was trying to find a house, but she couldn't find one. She had to build one. She didn't know what to do, so she got all the things to build her house. She made a beautiful house, and she wanted to go inside it because it was raining.

The end.

Here's Tyler's first story. I did help him a little with the grammar, but he pretty much made it up on his own in about ten minutes while I wrote down what he said. It's patterned after the series, "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," and has some similarities to it. He shared it with his class, and his teacher also had him share it with a second grade teacher, who (according to Tyler) said it was the best student story she's heard in her three years of teaching. I tried to convince him to draw pictures to go with it, but art just isn't one of his interests. I'm surprised he likes making up stories, since both Tim and I are the opposite! Here goes:

If You Give a Horse a Drink

If you give a horse a drink,
He’ll want some ice to go with it.
The ice will remind him that he wants to play with it.
When he plays with it, he’ll get all wet.
He’ll ask you to get a towel to dry himself off.
The towel will get all wet, so he’ll want to hang it up on a clothesline to dry.
Seeing the clothesline will remind him of a zip cord, and he’ll try it for a zip cord.
He’ll break the clothesline because he hung on it.
He’ll want to go to the store to fix it.
When he feels how chilly it is outside, he’ll ask to borrow a sweater.
When you give him the sweater, he’ll notice that one of the buttons is loose.
You’ll give him a needle and thread.
When you give him the needle, he’ll poke his leg with the needle.
He’ll want you to give him some ice for his leg.
And, chances are, if you give him some ice,
He’ll want a drink to go with it.