Book surprises...

Reese and I read a book last night called The Five Chinese Brothers. It's about these five brothers that look identical but all have something special about them. One can swallow the sea, another has an iron neck, one cannot be burned, one can hold his breath indefinitly and one can stretch his legs forever. The first one gets himself into trouble and is scheduled to be executed but the next brother takes his place and on and on. At the end the judge decides that the man must be innocent since they have tried so many ways to kill him and have not been successful. I was really surprised when I heard Reese telling his daddy a story very similiar to this one and then tonight he asked to read it again. I think it is interesting that he would really like a story about executions and all. The first time we read it, I thought he would probably be scared but I guess I was wrong! Definitely opens up the possibilities though for future books if I don't have to be so careful about the content so as not to scare him.