Thunder Dome plan a pretty picnic

"I can't say that I have met many in my life so far," Apple shared her experience on the topic, "but those become really handy, if you want to get your kids in order. Mark my words, when you have your own." There was this particular stage, where you could not bribe those little rascals, but you could easily make them believe stuff that was not - strictly speaking - true. They do not want to take a mid-day nap - tell them that, if they do not have a shut-eye, a Snatcher-ghost would come and take the disobedient ones to his underground tunnels. Want win an argument, which consists of countless "why?"s and be more creative than "I said so!" Tell them a story about, what happened to the last wolf, who did [enter the particular forbidden activity here] and why he is now bound to haunt the lands once a year and beg for someone to save him. Handy things, those ghosts. Handy.

"Do you have any of your own? Children not ghosts, I mean?" Apple asked, feeling no shame for prying in other people's personal lives. She asked it nicely and with an innocent curiosity.