Yes! I thought the meat and potato was a prison story when I first read it. It's fun with these powerful beginnins to guess where we are and where we are going and they add no small bit of excitement!
I like it! I've said that telling to high school students, the opening changes from "once upon a time" to "That reminds me of . . . " The snap to attention is the same. ;-)
A Taste for Quiet is one of my favorite storytelling books. I've told the Melinda Alice story "Those 3 Wishes" to middle and highschool students for many years, always citing the author. The first and last lines are what I spend the most time on crafting before I share a story.
Yes! I thought the meat and potato was a prison story when I first read it. It's fun with these powerful beginnins to guess where we are and where we are going and they add no small bit of excitement!
I like it! I've said that telling to high school students, the opening changes from "once upon a time" to "That reminds me of . . . " The snap to attention is the same. ;-)
A Taste for Quiet is one of my favorite storytelling books. I've told the Melinda Alice story "Those 3 Wishes" to middle and highschool students for many years, always citing the author. The first and last lines are what I spend the most time on crafting before I share a story.