Papa in TROUBLE!

Thursday this past week, my wife hosted a bridal shower at the home. Okay no problem, being the social man that I am, I gratefully consented to hosting the party and figure that I would just retreat to my Bear's dungeon in the basement. Also realizing that my 4 year old granddaughter, Adyson, would be attending the bridal shower I prepared the Bear's dungeon to be tempting just in case she became bored with the bridal shower. Nothing serious just some videos and Mario Kart to help her make her mind up.

Adyson was a good sport and attended the shower and would come to the Bear's dungeon for a couple of short visits but returned immediately to the shower festivities. Finally, as anticipated, Adyson could stand the festivities no longer and ventured to the Bear's dungeon to asked Papa if we could watch a movie. No problem, who wouldn't want to watch a great movie with his granddaughter. Now let's see Papa was careful not to let her pick from "Friday the 13th" or any of his Bruce Willis "Die Hard" movies.

Let's find something PG and fit for a little princess. Adyson carefully reviewed the assortment of DVD's and selected one she had not seen but asked about what it was all about. Papa quickly exclaimed: "Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles..." I thought Adyson responded with "Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake." Papa responded, "As you wish" and we gathered on the couch and snuggled up and began the movie.

That day, Papa was amazed to discover that when he was saying "As you wish", what he meant was, "I love you." And even more amazing was the day he realized she truly loved him back.

I would have never thought that a simple story of a princess' search for her "true love" would have created so much commotion. Soon my wife came down, just about the unspeakable time that the princess dove into the infested waters of shrieking eels. "What are you doing, letting her watch this movie. She'll be up all night with nightmares!"

Okay, Okay, there are a few scary moments in the movie. As those moments came such as the shrieking eels and the dark black forest scene, Adyson would turn and ask if she could snuggle up close to Papa and all I could say of course was "As you wish." Now remember Adyson is no dummy, she had already covered her eyes and let out a sigh of disgust at the first kissing scene and was appreciative of the movie noting the same. Besides who wouldn't love the famous trio of villains/heroes in this movie.

Next it was Adyson's mom who firmly wanted to know what I was doing watching this movie with her. Lighten up mom, it's a fairy tale and all little girls like fairy tales.

"All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun." "You're that smart? I can't compete with you physically, and you're no match for my brains." Needless to say Papa was in trouble, Inconceivable!

"This is true love - you think this happens every day?" How could anyone have nightmares with stories of "Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam... And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva... So tweasure your wuv. Inconceivable!

Adyson slept peacefully that night, she actually stayed over night with us. I think her mom thought nightmares, I'll show you Papa. May have been that she was exhausted, after all it was 10:00 pm when the movie ended and she went to bed. Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Morons in my opinion, I'm sure Adyson slept with dreams of the many lessons learned from Princess Bride such as:

*You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.
* Not much can get in the way of true love.
* There's not a lot of money in revenge.
* Beware of princes who smile too much.
* Overconfidence can be deadly.
* Inconceivable does not mean impossible.
* Getting fired can wreck a person's self-confidence.
* Revenge doesn't pay too well.
* Remember that a chocolate coating can help things go down easier.
* Sometimes there are happy endings.
* Even if you're the best, there's always someone better.
* Assets don't always look like assets.
* Don't give up! It ain't over 'till it's over.
* Even when it appears to be over, it might not be over.




Papa in trouble? I think that Adyson would probably put it best. INCONCEIVABLE!