'Grandma! Grandma!' the kids yelled as they ran around an old woman sitting on a rocking chair. The old woman in question frowned as she awoke from her daze, the haze clearing from her eyes as she refocused her gaze on her lovely grandkids. She smiled in satisfaction as she appraised her little ones.
'Jason, Lisa where are your parents
'Grandma, they went upstairs' little Lisa answered, the little girl puckered her lips trying and succeeding in looking cute. Watching her grandma's eyes soften she ran over to her and climbed on her chair to sit on her lap.
Not to be outdone little Nate followed by the older brother Jason ran to either side of her and hung on either side of her arm like little monkeys.
Both exasperated and amused by the little monkeys she pretended to wince in pain. ' Ouch! little monkeys, if you continue pulling you'll soon render grandma armless, you wouldn't want that now, would you?'
'No grandma!!' thundered the little ones but they still hung on.
'Nate! Jason! Release your grandma!' her eldest daughter and her husband thundered as they marched down the stairs.
'But mom ' 'But aunt ' cried Jason and Nate
'what trouble have those mischievous imps gotten into now' Nate's mom followed with baby Nelly on her arm, with her husband my son hot on her Heel.
She winked at the adults soon filling up the room. Her daughter and son cut up with her signal and rolled their eyes complaining at her playfulness and tapped their respective partner and winked at them.
'Ouch! Little babies, what can grandma do to get you to release her' she faked while the adults in the adults hid their smiles.
The three imps shared a look and smiled at the victory at hand. ' Grandma, you will only be released on the condition you tell us a story' Jason the chosen representative asserted with a tilt of his proud little head.
'Oh, what to do! The babies have won! I can't bear the pain, Grandma surrenders ' the little ones immediately jumped down and looking a tad bit guilty sat in front of her on the floor.
'Grandma are you hurt?' little Nate and Jason asked feeling guilty as little Lisa blew on both arms to supposedly chase the pain away.
Her daughter-in-law dragged out a mat and lay on the floor while her daughter lay a duvet on top, as their husbands dragged their respective sons by the ear. ' Now what do we say when we do something bad.'
'ouch! we say sorry!!' Little Nate and Jason almost in tears chorused
'Now say sorry to grandma.' Her daughter-in-law in law Lana said as the women rescued their respective sons from their husband's clutches.
'We're sorry grandma!!' the little monkeys chorused as they ran over to their grandma acting cute, She rubbed their head and told them to sit as her gaze caught her amused husband who was coming down the stairs. He made a beeline for his wife not bothering to ask what the ruckus was about already used to their antics and gave her a kiss on her forehead. She smiled at him as he sat on a chair close to her.
'it seems I've missed a lot.'
'Not really grandpa, grandma was just about to tell us a story' Nate replied cheekily before he was dragged to sit on the duvet-covered floor by his mother.
'oh was she? I do miss your stories hunny.' Her immature children rolled their eyes with mock disgust while their respective partners smiled in fondness at the old couple.
She smiled. 'This reminds me of an old story my dad used to tell us when we were kids, about the a half-man who tricked a princess into marriage.' Her eyes glazed over as she was submerged in her memories, the fond smile on her lips gave away how dear those memories were to her.