These are Fast Stories which are not much longer than a phone call. When my kids were very young I would tell them a story in their bunk beds and hope for the best. They were always stories I made up out of whole cloth, thin air, in the dark. And if it worked, when I got to, "And that's how. .," they would say, "Ok," and go to sleep. A story doesn't have to be long, or dramatic, or scary as a shark. It has to be complete. Kids are smart. Now I tell...