Tuesday, October 24, 2017

And So On


When I was a child there was a game we used to play. It shows how different minds consider a statement.

No it is not the one where each person whispers a sentence to a person who whispers it to the net person and so on. The final person says the sentence out loud. It is usually nothing like the first statement. It is supposed to demonstrate how the more gossip is repeated the more it is altered.

My game can be played either orally or on paper.

The first person states or writes the beginning of a story. The net person takes up where that person left off until either time is up or the story is at an end.

I am going to give you the first part of the story. If you wish to continue it add the next paragraph. Maybe we will have some fun. If not I had fun.

  One day Noni and Ivan were walking in the field. They were having a nice talk and enjoying all the things they saw in the field. Noni heard a songbird while Ivan kept having to push his hair from his eyes. Suddenly they saw a rippling in the grass.....

(Your turn.)

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  1. One day Noni and Ivan were walking in the field. They were having a nice talk and enjoying all the things they saw in the field. Noni heard a songbird while Ivan kept having to push his hair from his eyes. Suddenly they saw a rippling in the grass....., they stood still and out of the grass appeared a beautiful olive green grass snake. They were mesmerised when it suddenly dived to the side and caught a small frog, lunch time right before their eyes.

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  2. ...they stood still and out of the grass appeared a beautiful olive green grass snake. They were mesmerised when it suddenly dived to the side and caught a small frog, lunch time right before their eyes...
    A songbird flew down close to Ivan's head forcing him to push his hair away from his eyes again and again. That's when Noni saw a swarm of wasps circling Ivan's head. The songbird tried to catch one of the wasps. They both began to run.

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  3. A songbird flew down close to Ivan's head forcing him to push his hair away from his eyes again and again. That's when Noni saw a swarm of wasps circling Ivan's head. The songbird tried to catch one of the wasps. They both began to run.

    Then Farmer Evans yells, "What in tarnation! You're tearing up my newly planted corn."
    "Wasps, wasps," they wailed.
    "Hain't you city kids ever seen gnats before. There are a nuisance but you can't outrun them."

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    1. I need to proof a bit better. I can't stand There and They're misused and lately I have been doing it all the time. Hmmm

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    2. Sometimes a brain cannot keep up with the fingers. It happens.

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  4. I used to play it with my students in order to teach them narrative tenses. It worked!

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  5. What an exciting idea dear Emma!

    i will be visiting to see what more is added to the story .
    i used to play it with my kids specially in winter nights .
    i learnt it from my grandma and mom.
    grandma was better story teller than my dear mother

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    1. Perhaps there will be more; perhaps not. I was hoping you would add to the story because of your writing skills.

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