babysitter FAIL.

every now and then i get called to babysit for this one neighborhood group at my church, whenever their regular person can't do it.

i don't know who she is, but she has a bit of a mess to clean up next week.

every single time i watch them, the kids beg me to tell stories that they can act out. as brilliant, witty, hilarious, clever, and creative as i am...i am not good at making stories up on the spot.

they demanded a tale involving a castle, a princess, adam and eve, a monster, and spiderman.

this is how it almost went.

me: once upon a time, a princess lived in a castle. it was a very big castle, with many rooms. she could play in her room, in the library, in the toy room, even in the king's room. in adam and eve's room. in spiderman's room...but there was one room she was not allowed to play in. the secret room. one day when she was exploring the castle, she heard a very strange noise coming from the secret room. she went up to the door to listen, heard some sort of animal, knocked on the door, and..."

one of the children: don't go in the secret room! DON'T GO IN THE SECRET ROOM!!!!

yeah...

i accidentally scared the crap out of them...