Talented Taylor #4

Lanie had just turned seven the day before. She was in the back seat of her dad's 1985 Chevy Blazer with her two younger sisters. It was 4th of July weekend and they were going to Austin to visit her parents friends. She was in the seat right behind her dad. It was her seat. She had even written her name and colored a picture of herself on the back of her dad's seat in order to mark it as hers so her sisters wouldn't try to take it. The blue and pink crayon marks were still perfectly visible against the tan leather. 

It was hot-- at least 100 degrees. The Blazer had broken down, and they were sitting in it on the side of the road. Lanie was coloring in her Little Mermaid coloring and activity book. She turned to a page with a picture of Ariel and Flounder putting away an alarm clock in the cavern with her human collectables. 

"Mommy! Do the Mad Lib with me!"

"Okay, sweetie."

"I need a verb that ends in -ing, a noun, a place, and an item." Lanie filled out the Mad Lib as her mom gave her the words she needed, and then read the completed project out loud.

" Ariel and Flounder were hopping. They were on their way back from visiting Scuttle. Scuttle was a tourist. They were on their way to Ariel's attic. Ariel had found a dime. Scuttle had told her it was used by humans to help them fall asleep at night," Lanie finished the story and looked at the bottom of the page.

"The picture has Ariel with an alarm clock! That's the item you were supposed to say! Scuttle told her it's to help people fall asleep, but it's to help wake us up!" Lanie laughed and temporarily forgot about the heat.