Illustrator, Turner.

Today, Turner is waiting at the kitchen table for me to finish unloading the dishwasher so that we can play Gobble it (a cool game the Andersons sent to Turner for his birthday). He entertains himself with a pad of sticky notes, a pencil, and some colored pencils. As he completes one sticky note, he attaches it the others to form a comic strip. Once he finishes the drawings and has them assembled in a particular order, he brings them over to me and shares the story. I slam the rest of the dishes back in the dishwasher, dry my hands, and I ask him to repeat the story while I type it up. For your enjoyment, "Star Hero Land."

Up at the top there is a super hero star.

Right below him there is the evil goblin.

Right below that is the ground where the bird is searching for her hatching babies.

Under that is underground where the scorpions and rattlesnakes are hiding until dawn.

I ask, "What happens at dawn."

He replies, "It is too hot in the desert for them to come out in the day time so they hide out until night."

I reply, "But dawn is morning time."

He says, "No, I mean the NIGHT time of dawn. Fireflies come out right after dawn."

I try again, "No I think you mean dusk."

He relents, "Yeah. Right after dusk. And under that is the Earth's core where there is warming lava for a volcano waiting to erupt."

He continues, "And then say One part above the Earth's core you will see a volcano where the mother bird continues to search for her hatching babies."

I inquire, "How'd she lose her babies?"

"They fell out of the tree limb. Then say The volcano will erupt and you can see cracks as a sign of it erupting. The End. Narrator Turner. Author Turner. What is the narrator?"

I reply, "Tells the story."

"Oh, well who is the person who draws the pictures?"

"The illustrator."

"Oh OK. Illustrator and narrator Turner. Author Amanda."

"Transcriptionist maybe."

"Sure. Whatever."

I beat him twice in Gobble It! and he beats me twice. It was an honest battle. The game is more than strategy; it also demands a lot of attention (my weakness).