Bed time stories

I was thinking Lieven this might be better in the chat corner as you are not asking for any poems nor did you post one yourself. I will leave it up to you to think if you should move it or not.

But my gran used to say a lot to me

" sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"

Like yea garn I am really going to sleep now thinking I have beasites crawling everywhere going to bite me.

Ken

ah then that makes a lot of sense now Lieven.
sorry

Ken

my mother used to sing me songs as a rule;
"tell me a story" or "chip chip my little horse" or "horsey horsey, dont you stop" etc i sang them to my kids and now to my grand children

i probably got my love of singing and music from my mother, cant blame my dad for that as he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, i got my love of DIY from him

phill

cracker!!!

I remember ( although not a poem) me getting instructed by my wife to tell my son a bed time story for bedtime as it helped him get to sleep. I always thought this was nonesense, maybe because I was never told a bed time story or none that I can rememeber.
So there I was onr night with my boy when he was about 2 years old. I thin kit started and ended something like this......
Once uopn a time there lived three bears in the woods. one day they went for a walk BANG BANG BANG< they were dead and the hunter took their house, the end, goodnight son.

My wife was not too amused but in my defence there was something really good on tv.

There are a lot of bedtime stories, about Jesus, The bogeyman, you can hear it quit often in movies, and also what people (a lot more in the USA then in Europe = a tradition that disappears) say when the family is all together: "say grace", but I can't remember me at all a complete "say grace".
For me it is as a picture of a little girl who has to "thank Jesus", like Dear Jesus we thank you for the food.......??????????????????? I just found a nice one.
Thank you Lord for what we've had
If there had of been more we would have been glad
But as we've had enough, we won't be sad

Bedtime story, only 1 strophe
I have a Friend, a Friend, so very Dear,
Jesus, you always wipe away my tears,
In life you teach me to walk the right pathways,
In trials Jesus never let me go astray.
THIS IS A REAL SWEET STORY AND BECAUSE IT IS A REAL US TRADITION, SLOWLY DISAPPEARING IN EUROPE = the reason of this very nice and sweet thread.
Or the "bogeyman stories parents tell sometimes.
If you read what fairytales are about, they can be really cruel. See a lot of tales by the Grimm brothers.
Even the Bible, in particular the old testament, it is really horror to me. Like ABRAHAM who heard the voice of God to sacrifice his only son, only seconds away before the burning bush (no NOT him!!) starts to talk and tells that this was a test. Sorry, but this is really a cruel story WITHOUT FINDING SYMBOLS, OR RELIGION-RELATED explication.
This thread goes well as I can see, make it bigger, I think this is a very nice topic.

tonight when you lay down your head
upon your pillow in a comfy bed
think of the day that has just passed
and how it went a bit too fast
tomorrow can be just as fun
so go to sleep and let it come
dream nice dreams and smile in your sleep
those are memories for you to keep
and when you awaken and lift up your head
it's time to get up and make your bed
tomorrow will be another day
for you to run about and play
but until then you rest down here
you're safe and sound, no need to fear
goodnight little one I will now leave the room
I can see you are tired, you will sleep soon
goodnight