For Jenny and Danni....I actually hate this story...I love the beginning and the end...but the middle killed it...
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“Mommy! Mommy!” Jenny cried.
“Tell us a bedtime story!” Danni begged.
It was bed time in the Cavallone home and Chero was attempting to tuck her two children in for the night. Jenny, age 6 and Danni, age 4. Normally Dino helped her, but he was swamped in paperwork again. It's not that she minded...she loved tucking her kids into bed...but there was one problem...
"What would you like it to be about?" she asked, settling in between the two
girls.
“DANTE!” Danni exclaimed.
“PRINCESSES!” Jenny cried.
“Papa and Mama!”
“Grandma Hime!”
They could never agree on what the story should be about.
Chero laughed, “I have a good one.”
Her two daughters listened in rapt attention.
“Once upon a time in a faraway land a young prince lived in a shining castle…and all though he had everything the prince was spoiled and unki-“
“Mama…” Danni interrupted, “This is Beauty and the Beast…”
“You’ve only told us this story at the very least 20 times, Mommy…” Jenny lectured.
“ok ok! Fine! Eto…Eto….Ah! I have one.”
“It better not be a Disney story…” Danni said.
“It’s not!” Chero insisted.
Chero closed her eyes and cleared her throat, “Once upon a time in a kingdom in a magical land called Magia…an extremely handsome and buff knight was riding with his army. He was tall and blonde with beautiful brown eyes!”
“It is daddy isn’t it?” Jenny questioned.
“That’s not even a question…I KNOW its Papa…” Danni said.
Chero blushed, “Maybe…”
Chero poked each of her daughter foreheads and continued to tell the story,
“His name was Dino…”
“KNEW IT!”
“Shhh!”
Chero shook her head and continued, “In his army were some very reliable men: Dante, an expert in swordsmanship, Takuma, the superfast marksman, Francis, the fabulously dressed Wizard, and Toshiro, the shrimpy young squire….
