tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post6982793712005435892..comments2024-02-23T02:49:07.086-06:00Comments on Storytelling notes: Complaints about a storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-50516528322775675062008-02-02T20:29:00.000-06:002008-02-02T20:29:00.000-06:00I think any storyteller who is telling a variety o...I think any storyteller who is telling a variety of stories, and who tells from the old folktales, will encounter this problem. I've run into it myself--although not i nso many words. I remember two times when a teacher would take a child out of the room and another time when the whole preschool left because the teacher perceived what I was telling as a "scary story." (It was Turtle of Koka).<BR/Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-22836684580317629402008-02-01T20:06:00.000-06:002008-02-01T20:06:00.000-06:00K, I refreshed and they worked! Yay! I am so disap...K, I refreshed and they worked! Yay! I am so disappointed in your show... I WANTED MORE! Wow! You are great. I would hire you in a heartbeat! <BR/><BR/>"I'm a big mean goat<BR/>And I'll wack you in the throat..."<BR/><BR/>Fantastic work!! I love you!<BR/><BR/>Warmly,<BR/>DianneDianne de Las Casashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435535524607685201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-18875211827735489552008-02-01T19:57:00.000-06:002008-02-01T19:57:00.000-06:00Priscilla, I tried to view your vids but YouTube s...Priscilla, I tried to view your vids but YouTube says they're no longer available...<BR/><BR/>Warmly,<BR/>DianneDianne de Las Casashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435535524607685201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-11440712678521693722008-02-01T07:05:00.000-06:002008-02-01T07:05:00.000-06:00Priscilla, that happened to me at a school too. Ma...Priscilla, that happened to me at a school too. Many years ago. I was performing two assembly program. I told the story of a turtle trickster. The fox tries to roast him, toast him, bake him, broil him, etc. The turtle says, "Whatever you do, please don't throw me in the river; I'll drown." Typical "Brer Rabbit" motif - don't throw me in the briar patch. Well, after the first assembly, the Dianne de Las Casashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435535524607685201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-91225476893268679502008-01-30T20:20:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:20:00.000-06:00Mary, thanks for that reminder. I still haven't se...Mary, thanks for that reminder. I still haven't seen the actual complaint, so I don't know if there was a problem with the treatment of the hot peppers, which were tossed into the elephant's trunk!<BR/><BR/>Sean, I think the self-editing can be appropriate, as long as it doesn't turn the story to oatmeal. <BR/><BR/>I tell my version of Rapunzel to preschoolers, in which the prince and R. slide PriscillaHowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01675234720604602209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-58044014045884457622008-01-30T20:02:00.000-06:002008-01-30T20:02:00.000-06:00Yeah, I am struggling with the "Other Wolf" story ...Yeah, I am struggling with the "Other Wolf" story that is an alternate version by the Grimms for the Grimms "Little Red Cap." The wolf falls in the trough and drowns. The last two times I have told it at a school, the wolf falls into the trough and is so afraid he'll drown, that he leaps way out of the trough and vanishes never to bother LRRHood again. Sigh. Today I really played the wolf scary About Sean Buvalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676753252592150679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9571157.post-1280006421663989162008-01-30T18:19:00.000-06:002008-01-30T18:19:00.000-06:00Stick to your guns, girl! and remember the old st...Stick to your guns, girl! and remember the old story about the boy, his grandfather, and the donkey they were taking to market. You can't please everyone -- ever. It sounds to me that you did well "taming" that particular story. Does the mother want only vegatarian stories? and would that be fair to the vegetables??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com