Xena and I exchange a lot of stories throughout the day. Most of them are thought of on the spot and don't make much sense in the bigger scheme of things. I give her a random character and she makes up a story about it. Then she thinks of a character and I have to come up with the story. It's a lot of fun.
We are so adept at spinning such yarns that we don't even pause to think before we start reeling off. We also have no qualms about lifting entire plotlines from each other's stories, resulting in something really random, weird and hilarious. Of course, the quality of the stories often suffers, but we keep an open mind. Just yesterday, I was too tired to think of a proper story when she gave me the character 'boy'. And so this is how my story went -- "A boy was very hungry. Then he ate some food and he wasn't hungry anymore." She accepted it without any complaints. Of course, later when I gave her the character 'bug', her story went something like this -- "There was a bug. A dragon ate it. So the bug was very sad."
Here's a video of her, spinning a long-winded, crazy yarn about a ladybug. Please note the eight instances of 'suddenly' in the story, presumably to heighten the sense of drama.
PS: I did the subtitling all by myself, yeay! No help fromtech support Viv. Took me a full hour though.
We are so adept at spinning such yarns that we don't even pause to think before we start reeling off. We also have no qualms about lifting entire plotlines from each other's stories, resulting in something really random, weird and hilarious. Of course, the quality of the stories often suffers, but we keep an open mind. Just yesterday, I was too tired to think of a proper story when she gave me the character 'boy'. And so this is how my story went -- "A boy was very hungry. Then he ate some food and he wasn't hungry anymore." She accepted it without any complaints. Of course, later when I gave her the character 'bug', her story went something like this -- "There was a bug. A dragon ate it. So the bug was very sad."
Here's a video of her, spinning a long-winded, crazy yarn about a ladybug. Please note the eight instances of 'suddenly' in the story, presumably to heighten the sense of drama.
PS: I did the subtitling all by myself, yeay! No help from
7 comments:
That's sooo cute! :-) I have done this story telling...where I develop the story as I m reciting it to my nephew!
Only thing is..the moment I say I'm going to tell u a story..my nephew says..once upon a time..n then allows me to start my story lol
n how did u do the subtitling!! i m a snr IT manager and still dunno how to do this!! *sheepish grin* !!
I love how she says 'suddenly'.
:)
how cute!
how cute!
And here I thought she couldn't get cuter than in turning over a new leaf...and eating it. :)
Haha.. she has a very good imagination for someone her age.. Neil (my son's) all made up stories end with spiderman coming to rescue.. :D
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