The Bedtime Story

 

TV was not such a big part of life in the 50s.
Of course most homes had  ONE TV,

 ONE black and white TV.
And they had children to change the channels!

But storytime was very important at bedtime. 

The Old Farmer would sit between 

the two twin beds after we were all settled. 

He made up delightful stories 

about a little girl's adventures
for his little girls. 

One time he was going to read us a book, 

one chapter each night. 

I suppose the plan was that we would be eagerly looking forward to the rest of the story and go to bed without a fuss. 

I think the chosen story was 

Treasure Island.
I think I usually fell asleep 

before the end of each chapter. 

  

But the bedtime story taught us all the adventures
one might find between the pages of a book
and we all became voracious readers in our farm family. 

Good night Daddy.