Story Time

Yesterday, I ended up inadvertently starting a new game with my almost three-year old nephew. It goes like this:
Me: Tell me a story about a monkey.
Him: Once upon a time there was a monkey.
Me: What did the monkey like to do?
Then my nephew answers the question, and I ask another question, and so on. And it isn't always a monkey, but I think that is his favorite. So, here is the story we just told, as well as I can remember:

Me: Tell me a story about a monkey.
Him: Once upon a time there was a monkey.
Me: What did the monkey like to do?
Him: ummmm, play with the dragon.
Me: What did the monkey and the dragon like to play?
[I can't remember the first thing they liked to do, so I'm skipping to the next part]
And then what did they do?
Um, they play with the block-thing.
Oh, they played with the block thing? Did they build towers?
uh [This is not really what he says. It is this sound halfway between yeah and no, and it's not a real word, just that uh noise, and I'm guessing it means yes]
And knock them over?
uh
And build them again?
uh.
Then what did they do?
They climbed on the blocks.
And then what did they do?
They bonked their heads.
Oh no! Then what did they do?
They fell off.
And did they bonk their heads again on the ground?
Uh.
And then what happened?
The monkey's mommy kissed it better.
And then what happened?
They went to the library school.
And what did they do at the library school? Did they read books?
uh.
Did they read abc books?
uh.
And number books?
uh.
And then what did they do after library school?
They made birds.
They made birds?
And fish.
They made fish?
And the dragon made a fish too.
They both made fish?
Uh.
Is that the end?
No.
And then what did they do?
They play on the trampoline.
They played on the trampoline?
on two.
There were two trampolines?
Uh. And the monkey mom helped them.
And then what did they do? Were they tired?
Uh.
So they went home and put on their pajamas?
Uh.
And brushed their teeth? I bet that dragon brushed his teeth.
Uh [he is smiling]
And they went to bed?
Uh.

Then, of course, he wanted to do it again (because this is the final step of the game: Let's do it again, and then we start all over). But, I promised him we would do it tomorrow, and by this time he was in bed, so mission accomplished.

Anyway, it is an entertaining game, and it enhances creativity in players of all ages. So I recommend it. Go ahead. Tell me a story about a monkey...