Steven Curtis Chapman's Story Didn't Work

I learned this good-night story from Steven Curtis Chapman yesterday, and promptly tried it tonight, as I was putting the girls to bed at 10:00 p.m.:

Once upon a time, there were two girls, who were very tired. So their daddy put them to bed, and wished them good-night, and turned off the light. The End.

It didn't work. La determined, "That was not a story."