Occasionally in Joyful Sounds, we will have storytime. Not just any old storytime though… this is “Three Words” storytime. We go around in a circle and each person gets to add three words to the story. No more, no less. It teaches the kids to work together, to take what they are given and learn to adapt it as needed, and not to take life or plans too seriously. It also makes for some very interesting stories! Typically the girls and boys segregate themselves on different sides of the circle, so the storyline switches quite regularly back and forth between Rainbow Happiness and Total Destruction by Roving Bands of Anti-Galactic Mercenaries. I’m sure you can imagine.
The last story we did was so humorous in how it played out that I just had to share. A little background… The boys were very intent on having predators rule the earth, while the girls were focused on simply making sure that the boys failed in their efforts. After several defeats and quite inventive comebacks, the boys decided to do away with the root of the problem – the mastermind of the girl-powered scheme, which was Reagan. Enjoy this story, and see if you can tell which parts were created by boys and which by girls.
Penguins & Predators vs. Reagan
Once upon a snow storm, there were predators who started a big colorful rainbow fight against the humans. And they died. But the penguins were coming back to eat marshmallows and bring the predators back to life with gorillas and bazookas. Then they all died. That made the penguins angry! Penguins wear big mustaches. And the predators had Mario and Luigi with them. And they died. Then girl penguins went shopping at the predator store. The predators bought an invincibility potion. They blew up. Which made them die. And the penguins destroyed Reagan with big bazookas.
The End.
