The piano teacher

Ally (age 7) and me at her piano lesson (June 12, 2013)

Ally: I really like the inside of the piano!  It looks like a place where fairies could live.

Me:  It does!  But--how would they get in and out?

Ally:  There's a space in front ( pointing to the gap between the music rack and the strings)

Me:   There is!

Ally is a real character!  She spent the better part of her lesson composing her music.  I wrote it out for her and it contained some interesting melody lines that were quite un-childlike.  She is very smart, very willful, and a touch spoiled, but she's very cute and imaginative.  She told me that she wanted to finish her piece but that her younger brother tore it up.  "Oh, that's terrible!  You've got to keep your music away from him," I said before I actually saw the piece of paper in question.  It had a large jagged tear which was easily mended with a piece of tape.  Ally goes for the drama every time.

She also knows that unlike most adults, she can tell me about where the fairies live and I will believe her.