We’ve been reading Harry Potter before bedtime.

(while playing together)

RJ: Harry Potter is really good, isn’t it.

LR: Yeah. I didn’t like it for a long time, because everyone else was so crazy about it, but I like it now.

…

RJ: Dad thinks he’s a wizard, doesn’t he.

LR: Yeah, but he’s really just a muggle!

(both kids burst out laughing)

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(in the car)
RJ: I’m putting a spell on you daddy. Now you’re small and I’ve put you in a tiny little cage like a bird.

Dad: Whoah. Can I climb out?

RJ: No. The bars are too close together.

Dad: I try my block magic, so your spell doesn’t get to me.

RJ: I have magic that stops block magic from working. You’re still stuck in the cage.

Dad: I call my friend, the good witch, and she casts a spell to get me out of the cage.

RJ: That wont work.

Dad: Why not?

RJ: Because I’ve left some icecream on the floor and she eats it up instead of helping you.

Dad: Rats… I’ve got some tools in my pocket and I cut a hole in the bottom of the cage and get out! Now I’m little and running and hiding in the room.

RJ: Now you step in the icecream mess and it’s all slippery and you fall over.

Dad: But I wipe off my shoes and run away and hide again!

RJ: I call my friend, the bad witch with a big nose, and she sniffs and sniffs and finds you. Now you’re in the cage again.

Dad: I climb back out the hole that I made. Ha ha! I’m running around again!

RJ: I get some super strong tape and glue and fix up the hole and we catch you and put you back in!

Dad: Can I poke through the tape?

RJ: No. It’s too strong.

Dad: Okay… umm… I use my super strong powers to bend the bars on the cage open and climb out!

RJ: We catch you and put you back. Then we put your cage inside another one that is extra strong. You can’t get out now.

Dad: I start whistling a song to call my elephant friend and he comes and gets me out!

RJ: I put a magic spell on him too. Now he’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: I whistle for my bear friend!

RJ: More magic! He’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: I whistle for my dinosaur friend!

RJ: More magic! He’s little and I’m putting him in a cage without a daddy in it.

Dad: Is there any way out of this cage?

RJ: No. Try whistling for a lion.

Dad: Uhh, okay… I whistle for my lion friend!

RJ: Magic! He’s little too and in a new cage… Try a crocodile.

Dad: Okay… I whistle for my crocodile frie…

RJ: Magic! He’s little! Try a kangaroo.

Dad: Wont you just make him little too?

RJ: Yes!

Dad: Will he get me out of the cage?

RJ: No. But I need a kangaroo for my collection.

Dad: You’ve got quite a lot of animals now.

RJ: Yes. I’m starting a zoo.

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