Summer Story Teller Sitting Under the Moonlight
6+
Classic
Recommended materials
colored pencils
felt-tip pens
This is how it could look
Magical summer night storytelling scene: gentle, ancient summer story spirit — warm, starlit being with long flowing robe covered in tiny embroidered scenes from summer stories, round silver-framed spectacles, long white beard threaded with fireflies as decoration, calmest wisest expression of anyone who has ever lived — sitting at base of enormous old oak tree in summer meadow on warm full-moon night, telling stories to rapt circle of summer night creatures: hedgehog family, fox kit, several field mice, three owls, rabbit family, one large fascinated toad. Story being told: visible as tiny glowing images floating from story spirit's hands. Summer meadow: full of fireflies, large moon overhead, cricket song.