Sivadasan Channar

The Princess and The Magic Chalks Sivadasan Channar

The Princess and the Magic Chalks evolved over two years as a grandpa's bedtime story to his granddaughter. We started our rocking chair bedtime story telling by looking at 'pretty' birds and animals, which evolved into weaving in princesses, wizards, castles, rocky hills, seas and magic. In time, my little girl pushed her ten minutes into thirty, just with a sweet smile. Such is the power of children's magic. Her sharp memory could detect even the slightest imperfections in the inflections, or the missing or mispronunciations of even a single word. Hence, our story was cast in concrete. Here is her story of a fairytale princess set to modern times with a sprinkle of magic and realities - all with the seal of approval of a four year old. Our thirty minutes together was always priceless, blissfully ignorant how brief it was. That is what memories are made of. I hope all parents and grandparents get to experience this joy. Tell them stories they like to hear while they fit in your lap.