My kids were seven. They wanted to see an "R" rated movie. This is where "Dad tricks" kick in.
Alex - June 2000, age 7:
Hamet
Author: William Shakespeare
Place: Denmark, Elsinore Castle
Story:
Guards see a ghost. Ghost is his father.
Hamlets mother gets maryed with Hamlets uncle. Hamlet is not happy.
Ophelia is going crazy Because Hamlet says I love you I don't love you I love you I don't love you.
Polonius sends his son Laertes to college in France.
He said don't be a londer or a borower, or you might lose a friend.
The king gets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet.
The ghost of Hamlets father said my brother poisond me.
Hamlet says to his mother how could you.
Hamlet stabs Polonius.
Then the king send Hamlet away. Hamlet tricks the guards and comes back to Deadmark.
Hamlet talkes to the grave digger in deadmark. Who's skull is that. It wus urich.
I knew him, he was my babysitter, he carried me on his back 1,000 times.
He saw the funeral of Ophelia. Hamlet said I loved her more thatn 40,000 brothers.
The King and Layertes decide to kill Hamlet.
Then Layerte and Hamlet have a sword fight. One was poison and sharp the other isn't.
The king makes it poison for Hamlet, but the Queen drinks it.
Then Layartes stabes Hamlet.
Hamlet get the sharp sword and stabs Layartes. Hamlet stabs the king and makes him dring the poison.
Hamlet says tell my story, Horatio
Then Hamlet dies.
Eric age 7:
The Tragedy of Hamlet
Author: William Shakespeare
Place: Deadmark, Elsinor Castle
The guards saw a ghost. The ghost is Hamlet's father. Hamlets uncle marry's Hamlet's Mother. Hamlet is not happy.
Opehlia is going crazy beause Hamlet is saying: I love you, I don't love you. I love you, I don't love you.
Polonius sends his son Laertes to college in France.
He gives him edvice: don't be a lender or borrower because: you can lose your money and your freinds.
The king gets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet. The ghost of Hamlets father said my brother poisened me.
Then Hamlet said to his mother look at these pictures.
Then Hamlet stabs Polonius. The king send Hamlet away. Hamlet tricks the guards and comes back to Deadmark.
Then Hamlet talks to the grave digger in Deadmark. Who's scole is this? It was Urich.
I knew him he was my babysitter. He carried me on his back 1000,000 times in Deadmark.
Then he saw the funeral of Ophelia. Then Hamlet argued with Laertes saying
I loved her more said Laertes
Halet said I loved her ore thatn 4000,000 brothers.
The king and laertes decide to have a sword fight Laertes and Hamlet.
The king makes it poison for Hamlet but the qyeeb drinks it and she dies.
Laertes stabs Hamlet in the arm.
Then Hamlet poisons the king because the king killed Hamlet's mother.
Then Hamlet dies and tells Horatio tell my story.
Bill: " If Shakespeare is telling parents not to wait until the children are ready for college to give them advice, why doesn't he just say that to us?"
Eric's answer: "He wants us to find it our for ourselves."
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