Vera's First Story in English
You don't know what's going to happen when you write. That's doubly true when you're co-writing with a kid. Vera is an eight-year-old girl from Russia who likes English, and is good at it, but finds her class in school to be the normal form of boring. She likes dolphins, break-dancing, and math. This is the first story she's ever written in English. I started, then we alternated, going over changes and corrections along the way. - - - - - - - Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was a small dragon sleeping in a cave. He had a son. And he had a lot of food. But, there was a problem. His son wouldn't stop growing. He was already twice the size of the father, and he wasn't slowing down. One day the son was gone. The father sought him everywhere, but he couldn't find him. As he was walking home he heard some laughter from nearby. As he peeked through the bushes he couldn't believe his eyes. He saw a dolphin dancing with his son. Th