Taylor and Austin tell Gramma Some Stories

Taylor, age 3, drew the cards and Austin, age 7, told the story…

King of Cups

Once there was a king, Kevin, he was the King of Cups. He had lots of cups. But he only used on special one, the Golden Stripe Cup. That cup gave him good luck everyday.

The Sun

There was a golden sun. It made dreams come true. The baby, Justin who lived in the kingdom was the king’s little friend who carried the blue flag. He always wanted to ride the horse. The sun made his dream come true.

Two of Rods

There was a man named King Rod who was the king of rods. He met Kevin the king of cups and they were best buds forever and lived happily ever after.

Austin, age 7, draws the cards and Taylor, age 3, tells the story.

The Lovers

They loved together. They saw an angel. And they lived happily ever after.

3 of Rods

Next spring the day after they went to sleep and it was springtime. They lived happily eve after.

King of Rods

“There’s a tiger in there rroooaaawwwrrr!” The King of Rods catched the tiger and he handled it and it was a fake tiger.  And they lived happily ever after.

The King of Swords

They have a dragon and a shiny sword with a fake string on it and a king helmet and he helped the King of Cups and they lived happily ever after.

King of Cups

The King of Cups had a big horse and a helmet with wings and he lived happily ever after.

Taylor, age 3, drew the cards and Austin, age 7, told the story…

Nine of Rods

There was a lady named Theresa. She collected rods. She needed one more to complete the collection but she has never found it.

Wheel of Fortune

Theresa found the wheel of Fortune and spun that wheel. And it said she might get that last rod for her collection. She looked all over – everywhere- - in the woods to find that rod and she never did.

Priestess

There was a girl who was a priestess named Isabella and she told kids lots about God.  And those 3 boys and 6 girls grew up to be priests and priestesses too.

Justice

One of the girls that grew up to be a priestess changed her job to be a judge. She was a mean judge.

6 of Rods

There was a man named Gavin, he had 6 rods. Gavin went by Theresa, he went to her house and gave her one of his rods and she had the collection. But then Gavin had only 5 rods.

7 of Rods

There was a teenager named Mondo who had 7 rods. Theresa needed 10 more rods to have a collection of 20 rods.  Gavin stopped by Theresa’s house and gave her two rods so now she had 12 rods.  Then Mondo thought and gave her all of his rods.  Gavin stopped by her haouse and gave her three rods so now she had 20 rods.  And her and her rods lived happily ever after!

The King of Swords

Today I wrote a story.  I picked out some cards that Gramma had.  Then I started telling a story.

The King of Swords

By Austin Phare

The man was trying to get cherries from a tree. He got caught in a snare trap that was in the tree.

 

The King of Swords had made the trap. When Jesus, the hanged man, got caught it triggered an alarm that woke up the King of Swords. The king set Jesus free, saying, “You need to stay away from these trees.”

 

A wizard came out of the sky. He was the wizard of the Seven Golden Cups. When he saw Jesus and the king he said, “How about you guys stop fighting and be friends.” The wizard said, “if you two stop fighting I will give you a new kingdom.”

So the king and Jesus stopped fighting and they a new kingdom, the Kingdom of the Spirits.

 

The queen of Rods, Cindella, came to the Kingdom of the Spirits. King White Beard thought she was very beautiful so they got married the next day.

 

A few months later they had a daughter they named Sophelia. Jesus went to war and fell into lava, his skin was burned away but he didn’t die, he was a skeleton. The king and queen had to go away so Jesus protected Sophelia while they were gone.

 

A couple of days later Sophelia grew up and found a friend, Savator. They went on an adventure to dig some gold. They found two golden cups that belonged to the Wizard of the Seven Golden Cups. The Wizard came out of the sky and gave them a reward for finding his stolen cups. The reward was golden coins and diamonds. Sophelia used the golden coins to pay for her Mom and Dad to come back home.

 

When King White Beard and Queen Cindella came back they found the Wheel of Fortune in their kingdom.  They spun the wheel and it said that they will have another child.

 

A few months later they had twins, Rosie and Goldilocks. They grew up loving to garden. Their mother, who was the queen of rods, gave them four rods. They grew flowers around the rods to ma an arch.

 

The Queen of Swords was getting ready for a war against Jesus; it was a war for the Red Diamond Sword. The Red Diamond Sword was used to kill a dragon, the dragon blood made the sword magical. Belief in yourself makes you with battles with the sword. The Queen of Swords never really believes in herself so Jesus won the war.

Jesus went back to the Kingdom of the Spirits.  King White Beard rewarded Jesus with the Red Diamond Sword because he really believed in himself.

The End

The Hanson-Roberts Tarot Deck was used to inspire and illustrate the story.