Choose a fairy tale. Rewrite it in high style AND in low style. For a high style, you might choose the vernacular of one of the following: a doctor, a lawyer, a US president, or Shakespeare. For a low style, imagine the speaker as one of the following: a surfer, a country bumpkin, an urban teenager, or a chatty girl on her cell phone. Here are some fairy tales to choose from:
You should find and read the fairy tale before attempting the assignment. Also, once a fairy tale has been chosen, it cannot be repeated. THese are just a few suggestions. When the list runs out, you are expected to find your own. There are hundreds of fairy tales, so it should not be a problem. Be sure that you're telling the WHOLE story, in chronological order.
"The Three Little Pigs""
"The Ugly Duckling"
"Hansel and Gretel"
"Rumpelstiltskin"
"Rapunzel"
"The Elves and the Shoemaker"
"Sleeping Beauty"
"Little Red Riding Hood"
"The Fisherman and His Wife"
"The Gingerbread Man"
"Henny Penny"
"Puss in Boots"
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
A long while ago, in a town of animals that wasn't real. There was a mother pig who had just gave birth to three small piglets. This mother was a classical example of the failing economic system and didn't have enough money to raise all of the piglets. So she sent them out into the world to fend for themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe first task for the piglets was for each of them to build a house. The first piglet was a spoiled brat and wanted to get a shelter built so he could go play. So he went around and quickly built a small shack out of straw. The second pig also wanted to play, but understood that a shelter should have some structure. This pig put in a little more time and built his house out of sticks.
However, the third little pig knew that he had to take responsibility for his own life and decided to make his house out of brick and mortar. He spent all day collecting supplies and putting them together. But at the end of the day, he had a well-built house that he could be proud of. He even constructed a nice fireplace and a chimney.
One day, a hungry wolf was walking down the street when he smelled pig. He stopped at the first little piglet's straw house and knocked on the door.
"Little pig, little pig. Would you like to hear about our Lord and savior Jesus Christ?"
Seeing that this was a predator, the pig said, "No! You're not getting in, not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin."
The wolf was hungry and really wanted to eat this pig, so he decided to blow the house down. So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the straw away, just like the wind.
The little pig, now scared and unprotected, ran away as fast as he could. He then found his sibling's house and decided to hide with him.
The wolf, still hungry and now a little worn from chasing the first pig, came across the stick house. He knocked on the door,
"Do not run, for our Lord has sent me to preach His gospel."
The 2 little pigs, seeing that this is the same predator as before, refused to open the door.
"We're not letting you in, not by the hairs on our chinny chin chins."
But the wolf, starting to get agrivated, decided that he would just blow the house down! So he huffed and he puffed, and he blew the sticks out from around the pigs, just like that.
The pigs, using their higher agility, escaped the wolf and ran to their brother's house. Eager to seek refuge, they entered the house and locked the door behind them, just in time. They could hear the wolf coming down the lane, singing,
"Do not fear little piggies, do not be dismayed, for I am your God!"
The wolf, now enraged, blew at the brick house with all of his might, attempting to break in without a second thought. But the house was built solidly, and he was hungry and tired from chasing the pigs, so he could not get the house to budge.
As the pigs hid safely inside, the wolf decided that he would climb to the roof and come in by way of the chimney. The piglet, however, saw this and was already prepared. He started a raging fire and put a big pot of water on to boil. He kept the lid latched so that it was imperceptible from the outside. The wolf finally made it to the roof and jumped into the chimney. As he did this, the pig took off the lid and opened the boiling water. The wolf fell into the pot and before he could struggle out, the piglet put the lid back on and latched it tight. The wolf was cooked through and then the pigs ate him for their dinner. The hardworking piglet saved the day!
There was this momma pig who had three kids. She didn't have the money to feed them so she sent them away to live off the land. The first piggie quickly built a straw house so he could go and kick the wind. The second piggy built a little shelter out of sticks that he took from the woods. And the third lil pigger built a good house out of brick, it even had a chimney.
ReplyDeleteThen there was a wolf. The wolf wanted to eat the first pig so he knocked on the door and asked if he could come in.
"Little piggy, little piggy, let mee innn."
"No," said the piggy, "you're not getting in, not by the hairs of me chinny chin."
The wolf decided to blow the house down. So he huffed, and he puffed, and he blew the house down like a tornader.
The lil pig ran away to his brother's house. But the wolf followed him there and knocked on that there door too.
"Little piggits, little piggits, let me in."
"No," screamed the piggies. "We won't let you in, not by the hairs on our chinnie chins."
The wolf then huffed, and puffed, and blew there house down to the ground. The pigs then ran away to their brother's house.
So then the wolf comes upon the third house and is now real hungry.
"Let me in, little pigs."
"Never, "screamed the pigs.
So the wolf huffled and puffied and he blew as hard as he could. But the stone house wouldn't budge. He tried again, but he was tired and hungry now, hadden not eaten all day. So he thought that he would climb in the chimney. But the piggies were ready so they put a kettle on the fire full a water to boil.
When the wolf jumped in the chimney, he fell into the hot water and was fried to a crisp. The piggs then ate the wolf for dinner and learned the value of elber grease.
“Be sure that you're telling the WHOLE story, in chronological order. ” hmmmm. I don’t seem to recall any version of the story where the Big Bad Wolf is a religious extremist domestic terrorist. The prompt for his week says nothing about being argumentative. You’re letting your biases ruin an otherwise very good post. And the rest of it was VERY good.
DeleteI refuse to argue with you about your blatant hatred of religion again. Stop doing this.
DeleteChris, hate stems from further hate. So when you bring hatred into an argument about hot button issues like religion it just stem more hate. If you would actually take the time to understand what not only the Christian religion is about, but many others, maybe then you might have some respect. But from what I see here, you're just egocentric and attempting to create conflict with backhanded comments towards any religion that you can that way you can get attention, but this isn't the attention you're looking for, this is negative attention. There's a difference between the two. I really hope that you grow up and accept that religion is a societal norm so it's either cope with people and their ideas or you have no place in society.
DeleteIn adding to the previous three comments, I will say that you have an interesting take here, but this fairytale is often used to explain the Catholic faith in terms of the hay house being a weak foundation and the brick house being the strong foundation. The wolf would be the the devil trying to destroy the faith. With this, I almost feel that you are drawing your character of the evil wolf pretending to be a messenger from God from all of the scandal that has been going on with the church. However, if everything were to be investigated, there would be scandal in every organization, so I don’t think it’s all that right to attack priests like this. I do acknowledge that what happened is so wrong, but it’s not an accurate portrayal of all priests and religious people.
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DeleteReading this thread reminded me of this comedy sketch. It’s well worth the watch. Iis there some way I can get notifications on here? I’m always too late to participate in the drama. Also, Bruce, your reply was iconic and maybe sums up the blog thus far.
Th idea was not that the wolf was a religious figure and therefore, a predator. It was that the wolf was a predator who was trying to use religion to appeal to the piglets in order to let him in. I thought I backed this up in the third instance where the wolf said that he was the pigs’ god. A follower wouldn’t have claimed to be god. That at this point, the wolf believed he had all the power over the piglets because he was the big bad wolf. He was not following some religion, he was just using it to appeal to the piglets. And by using it in this way, it should be inferred that the religion here was positive. And that the wolf misusing the guise of religion was the issue.
DeleteChris, I am having a hard time believing that you did not base you character on a religious figure. In fact, what you say in your post is very referential to actual, real-world religions. What I mean is that you aren’t just using the concept of religion, you are referencing a specific one. Yours is a very pointed and problematic statement for that reason. If you look up Isaiah 41:10 in the New King James Version of the Bible the exact quote is “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God.” You can also look up that same Bible quote and find a similar translation in the New American Bible. I feel it is not a coincidence. In fact, it is something of an attack.
DeleteThe wolf is not a religious figure, he's using it as a certain persona to appeal to the piglets. And yes, it was based on that line from the bible. The wolf is made out to have some parallels with real world figures because that is who he's trying to impersonate.
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ReplyDeleteThere was once a young child who sat on the side of a hill, gazing over the hundreds of sheep that were kept in the meadow. The boy was rather bored, and so he decided to make a little fun for himself. He took in a deep breath, and then sang out with all of his might, “Wolf! Wolf!” So all the villagers flocked to the boy on the hill to make sure he and the sheep were okay. Once the villagers discovered that there was no wolf, the became angry, and the boy laughed at their anger.
ReplyDeleteLater that day, the boy decided that he was going to trick the villagers again with the same prank that he’d used before. So, getting all the air into his lungs as he could, the boy shouted “Wolf! There’s a wolf!” So once again, the villagers dashed up the hill to see if the boy was alright. When they saw that there was no wolf, they started to become very irritated. The said “Little boy, save your frightened song for when there really is something wrong! Don’t shout ‘Wolf!’ when there really is no wolf!” Then the villagers slowly made their way back down the hill into their domiciles.
As night was approaching, the little boy, still bored, was still looking over the sheep. He was scanning over the beauty of the soft white wool, and this is when he spotted something out of sort. It seemed as if it were fur. Gray fur as a matter of fact. Once the boy adjusted his line of sight, he saw that there actually was a wolf. The boy got up and ran to the village as fast as he could. Running through the streets yelling “Wolf! Help there’s a wolf!” But this time, the villagers stayed inside, assuming the boy had been trying to trick them again.
As the sun had set and the sky was dark, the villagers were wondering why the boy hadn’t returned to the village. They went looking for him, and found him on the hill, weeping. “There was really a wolf here this time, and the flock scattered! I cried out ‘wolf,’ why didn’t you come?” There was an old man who had walked back to the village with the boy. Trying to comfort him, the man said, “We’ll help you look for the sheep in the morning.” As he said this, he put his arm around the youth. “Nobody believes a liar, even when he is telling the truth!”
Your vocabulary and descripness really proved your use of high style. You also told the story really well!
DeleteA boy called Peter was bored one day so he was sittin’ on the grass watchin’ the sheeps. He thought it would be funny of him to make people mad, so he yelled at the top of his lungs “Woooooooooolffffff!” So all the people ran to him to see if he was okay. They all got mad when there was no wolf and then they began yellin’ at the young fella. He started laughin’ cause they we’re a little upset.
ReplyDeleteLater on in the day, bout noon, the boy felt like makin’ the people mad again. So, he did the same thing as earlier, and yelled “Woooooooolffff! Wooooooollfffff!” And the villagers all ran to him. Once again, the boy was lyin’ and the villagers started to get even more mad.
Around supper time, the boy actually saw that there was a wolf and began to run. While he was runnin’ he was yellin’ “Wooolfff!” but no one believed him this time. Young Peter was scared for his life as he knew he was gonna get yelled at because the wolf chased all the sheeps away.
When nighttime came, the boy was cryin’ on the hill and the people went to look for him because he was supposed to be back home. Once the villagers got there, Peter was angry that no one had come to help him. He said “What’s wrong wit y’all. Y’all heard me yellin ‘Woooooolfff!’ fam so why didn’t y’all come and help a brotha out man?!” The people all walked back to their houses and the old man who stayed back to make the boy feel better said “Maaannnnnn y’all wildin. We gone help y’all find them sheeps in the mornin but just rememba... no one is gonna believe y’all if y’all trippin like that man. Tell the truth all the time and people will believe you dawg.”
I couldn't tell if you were switching between country bumpkin, societal hipster, or a hoodlum during this one, but otherwise it was good. The words that tripped me up were words like "fam" and "dawg," but then again I could be wrong and they could be words used by country bumpkin.
DeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog. The way you worded this as a hipster, for say was quite creative. This fairytale was quite interesting. Great job.
DeleteYour high style article is well written just as it should be. I like the exaggerated lengths of “wolf” in your low style article. I also like your use of “y’all.” I think it’s a neat word to say. Good work!
DeleteI really enjoyed the exaggerations you used in this piece. I believe they truly helped developed the low style. Overall, great job!
DeleteOnce upon a time, there appeared to be an infertile hen. She anxiously waited to conceive a flock of ducklings. She tried and she tried until finally one day when she heard the eggs under her begin to crack open. One duckling after another came out of their individual eggs and imprinted themselves upon the hen, but there was still one peculiar brown egg. The ducklings paciently waited for their mother hen, but she exclaimed "I have been infertile for so long, I will not lose one of my offspring to the world." She paciently waited and eventually from the egg came a weird looking bird, gray and grotesque covered in fluid from the membrane.
ReplyDeleteThe whole family of ducklings and their mother hen waddle off to the pond and swim. Turns out, the ugly duckling swims best of all, but he still receives judgement from his siblings. Soon after the swim, the family had returned to the barnyard where the ugly duckling was ridiculed for his insecurities and physique. He became depressed and walked off to the lake on his own where he saw a flock of swan. He couldn't help but admiring their prowess in swimming and their utmost beauty, giving the ugly duckling more to be insecure about. He returned home and hid from the rest of society as a mean to cure his depression.
A year's time had passed and the ugly duckling had faced depression for too long on his own. He elected to walk off to the pond and drown himself because of how he was born. He walked off to the pond and went to thrust his head beneathe the water and inhale so much water he could not breath, but one thing stopped him. As he looked into the water he saw a beautiful swan, that beautiful swan was himself. The end.
That is why children, you shouldn't judge a person by their physique because every human being is still a human being at the core. If you have body dysmorphia, then come and talk to an adult and they will reassure you that what you feel is normal and depression comes and goes.
So there was this mother hen, ya know? She got knocked up and had a bunch of ducklings, but one was really ugly and I didn't want to go near it. They just walked off covered in this gross gewey stuff to go swim. I couldn't help but look away because that duckling was so ugly, like its egg didn't even look right. What a freak. Well, while I was looking away I saw a flock of swan, but they didn't. The ducklings went off into the barnyard and I wanted to follow them because I wanted an instagram photo, but the ugly one walked off or hid somewhere and I didn't see it again. Then all of a sudden a year later I saw a swan come from the barn. I yelled "OMFG DAD DID YOU GET ME A SWAN," and he said no so I was really puzzled. I followed it and it went to throw itself into the pond, but it stopped when it saw its reflection. So I was like "what the hell is up with this swan, there's no way it could be that ugly duckling from last year." So I googled what a baby swan looked like and turns out it was the ugly duckling. My mother was right telling me not to call other girls ugly based on what they wear and look like.
ReplyDeleteYour contrast of the two viewpoints was very noticeable. It was obvious that it was from two different people. Your second story was actually quite funny. Overall, great job!
DeleteLogan, I thought your high style was well written and I could follow it very well. I never hear the part of the story where the swan was going to commit suicide. However, I thought it was hard to follow your low style. I did not understand why you changed not just the narration style (as we were told to do) but also the perspective of the narration. Although I am not sure that matters much. Also body dysmorphia is a disorder that stay with a person forever. They can get help but it never is completely gone. Otherwise, your high style was great.
DeleteYour high style and low style are both very good and well written. I do wish that you would explain the body dysmorphia a little but better and more researched. Again very good, but I think you rushed towards the end.
DeleteThere was once a girl named Cinderella. When Cinderella was young, her mother unfortunately passed away leaving her husband and daughter behind. Shortly after the death, the husband remarried a woman who had two daughters of her own. This of course, would cause some sort of trauma on any young child. The father was delighted by this because he thought that his daughter would finally have some playmates of her own. Only a short time after the marriage, Cinderella’s father died in an accident, leaving her at the mercy of her stepmother and stepsisters. Without the protection of her father, Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters made her to all of the house work. She was essentially turned into the maid. Cinderella was forced to take care of her family members, was given rags for clothes, and had to sleep in the attic of the house.
ReplyDeleteOne night, the subjects of that land received a letter inviting them to attend a celebration hosted by the king of that area. All of the members in the family were excited, including Cinderella. However, Cinderella’s stepmother agreed let her attend the celebration on one condition- that she would get all of the house work done on time. Now, the stepmother had no intentions on actually letting Cinderella go to the celebration, so she assigned extra chores so there would be no way Cinderella would get done with them and find a dress in time for the celebration. A very excited Cinderella sped through her chores and fixed up an old dress of her mother’s. Later, when it was time to leave for the celebration, Cinderella came down the steps to meet her stepmother and stepsisters. The stepsisters, who were jealous of Cinderella’s beauty, angrily ripped the dress to shreds leaving a distraught Cinderella in tears. Cinderella ran out into the garden where she found her godmother, who happened to be a fairy, waiting for her with a new dress, some shoes, and a carriage. The beautiful garment came with a warning, however. At the stoke of midnight, the beautiful dress would turn back into rags and the carriage would turn back into a pumpkin. Cinderella, unrecognized by her stepmother and stepsisters, danced the night away at the celebration. There, she met the king’s son, the prince, and the two quickly bonded. Before she knew it, the clock struck midnight and Cinderella bolted out of the palace in a hurry. In her hurry, she dropped one of her shoes on the steps, but chose to keep running so nobody could figure out who she was.
The next day, a formal letter was sent out to all of the homes in the land that the king’s son had found a glass shoe belonging to a woman and would search every house for its owner. The jealous stepmother jumped at the chance to make one of her own daughters a princess and locked Cinderella in her bedroom so there wouldn’t be a chance that the shoe would fit her. Cinderella saw the king’s son approach the house with her shoe and desperately looked for a way out of her prison. She realized that this was her chance for a better life. Cinderella managed to escape the locked room and ran down the steps to find her frustrated stepsisters desperately trying to make the show fit on their feet that were simply too big. When the stepmother was caught sight of Cinderella, she became enraged and smashed the shoe on the ground so Cinderella couldn’t try it on. However, Cinderella had the other shoe to the pair. To no one’s surprise, the matching shoe fit perfectly and Cinderella went to live in the palace with the royal family, finally free from her stepmother and stepsisters.
So there was this girl named Cinderella. Her mother and father like died or something like that and she had to live with her stepmother and stepsisters who were like really mean. They like made her be the maid of the house and didn’t let her do anything. She had to wear rags and live in the attic. Isn’t that like so horrible? Then this awesome thing happened where the king of the land invited everyone to a big party. Cinderella like really wanted to go and everything, but her stepmother was so mean and would only let her go if she could finish all the work and like find her own dress. So Cinderella did both of those things, but the stepsisters got so jealous and like tore the dress apart. Then Cinderella ran into the garden crying and everything. Then a fairy godmother appeared and granted all of Cinderella’s wishes so she could like go to the party. She gave Cinderella a new dress, glass slippers, and a carriage. But she had to be a total drag and make everything disappear, so Cinderella had to leave party ball by like midnight. Cinderella went to the party, had a great time, and even met the prince. Then it was midnight and she had to leave like right away, so she ran back to her carriage and accidentally lost one of her shoes. The prince was like all upset and sent out a message to all the people so he could being the shoe to each house for each girl to try on. The stepmother wanted her daughters to fit into the shoe so they could become royalty and she locked Cinderella in her room. Well, Cinderella found a way to like escape the room. When the stepmother saw her, she was like so totally mean and smashed the shoe before it could be tried on. But Cinderella had the other shoe, and it fit perfectly. The prince was all like “come back to my house and you can be a princess.” Cinderella was all like “okay, that’s perfect.”
ReplyDeleteI believe your high and low styles were displayed very clearly. You did a wonderful job with distinguishing between the two in this piece. I really enjoyed reading this. Nice job!
DeleteVery well done. I enjoyed the "low" part very much.
DeleteLong ago, there was a handsome man enraptured with a striking young woman. There was always something mysterious about the woman. She was adorned with a sleek, black velvet ribbon around her throat. The man noticed that the peculiar woman had always worn the ribbon. He inquired her every day why she had the ribbon. She never permitted him to know. He continued to persist and asked “If I marry you, may you take the ribbon off?” She would counter his plea by saying, “I may, but you will rue your decision.”
ReplyDeleteMany years later, the handsome man and the striking woman celebrated their union. However, still the man pleaded with his wife to take off the ribbon. But she still replied, “You will rue your decision.” Finally, the man was distressed and had to find a way to take the ribbon off of his wife’s neck. He attempted to untie the velvet ribbon himself but fell short. The ribbon had not a beginning nor an end; it was seamless. He decided that he would wait until nightfall when his wife slumbered to proceed with his mission. When he noticed his wife was asleep he crept away to retrieve a pair of scissors. He sliced the haunting velvet ribbon in two to expose her neck. Only when the ribbon fell completely off of her neck did the head roll off the mattress and into the corner of their bedchamber. Horrified by what he had done and the vision of his wife’s body without a head, he ran out of their home. All the while, the woman cried out trying to repress tears, “I told you that you would rue your decision.”
When the neighbors scrutinized the couple’s residence, they found not a trace of the women nor her head. All they found was the sleek, black velvet ribbon that seemed to always be coiled around her neck. Their neighbors discovered the man trembling at the base of a tree. The man metamorphosed into a madman and ceaselessly muttered to himself the same phrase over and over: “She said I would rue my decision; my wife possessed not a head.”
Your fairy tale was very well developed in an “upper class” manner. Great work..
DeleteYou wrote in an upper class point of view very well! I enjoyed reading your fairy tale.
DeleteThere was this guy once and he thought this girl was smokin. So cute right? Well no! The girl had a ribbon around her neck or whatever. The guy thought that was weird, like anyone who had a mind would. He asked the girl why she wore it. She was a jerky jerk and never told him. He would say, “If you became my gurl, will you take that black thing off?” But she would always say, “Prolly not.”
ReplyDeleteSo then they shacked up. But the guy still wanted to take the ribbon off. Soooo obviously he asked her “Can I like take that off your neck?” Then she said “Prolly not.” The guy was all ticked so he tried ripping it off her neck, but it just didn’t work. Still mad the guy waited till the girl went to bed and got some scissors. He cut the ribbon off and her head came with it. The boy was all wigged out and ran away. His wife was all like, “I told you so.” Even though she didn’t.
Then all dem other boyzz snooped around the guy’s house. The lady’s head and the rest of her body ain’t there. They just saw that dang ribbon. The boyzz found the guy under a tree. He was all messed sayin, “Prolly not, the girl ain’t got no head.”
This is so cute and funny! You enveloped the idea of low style really well!
DeleteThis is great. I loved the slang type wording you used.
DeleteMy fellow Americans, today I speak to you about an innocent child who was brutally kidnapped. While traveling to visit her grandmother she came upon a wild animal who was able to seek out specific information about where she was going. Therefore, the suspect was able to enter into the estate and devour the grandmother. The wolf obtained to the old women’s clothing and pretended to be her. The young female soon came upon the site and was abducted by the wolf. The child screeched for anyone to assist her at this moment. A logger who was in the woods, came to the young child’s call. He was able to force the animal to spit out the elderly women. Understandably, the women was frazzled and began talking to her granddaughter about the precautions she needs to start taking. This eventful day was concluded with lunch between the two ladies.
ReplyDeleteThis is Anna. My account is not working right but anyways... I liked your introduction because it really set the tone of the story. Also I enjoyed how you concluded with the two ladies going to lunch, because even though the one had almost died, she just needed something to eat to feel better. Honestly, me too.
DeleteSo guys there was this girl that was going to see her gram. As she was walking a wolf like came up to her and asked her where she was going. This girl like totally told him where she was going, who does that? This wolf literally went to this old ladies house and actually ate her, like for real. This wolf then seriously dressed up like the grandma, like oh my gosh. Then the little girl came to the door and was like attacked. She like screamed so loud the man cutting trees down heard her. He came over and like totally forced the wolf to spit her grandma out. Then the grandma was like freaking out. Finally the wolf left and the grandma told the little girl why like she obviously should tell strangers where she is going. The day ended getting some food together. It was just so crazy.
ReplyDeleteBy telling your first story like a news report about a crime, I can definitely tell it is the high style. Your low style is certainly distinguishable through the constant use of “like” and the use of “gram.”
DeleteI could distinguish which one was high style and which one was low style very easily, well done!
DeleteThe Frog Prince
ReplyDeleteAs the sun peaked through the clouds on one warm, quiet day, a beautiful young princess jaunted gracefully through the trees of the forest. To pass the time while adventuring through the forest filled with leaves of every warm color, she attempted to entertain herself by tossing and catching her most precious golden ball. After becoming overconfident in her catching abilities, the princess tossed the ball to an altitude in which its downward velocity was too fast for her to catch. After falling through her pale arms, the golden sphere rolled into a running spring. After exclaiming to herself that she would do anything to have the ball returned to her, an ugly, dark green frog emerged from the waters. He promised he could return the precious golden ball if the princess would show affection and kindness towards him, allowing him to eat and sleep with her. In desperation, the princess agreed. The slimy frog dove deep into the crystal clear water and retrieved the ball. Overflowing with joy, the beautiful maiden stole the ball and rushed homeward. The following day, the princess heard the sound of the frog outside her door. After enlightening her father about the situation and the promise she had made, she was forced to fulfill her word. For three days and three nights, the frog ate off the princess’s platter and rested with her in her sleeping quarters. The morning after the third night was unlike the rest. The princess awoke to the sight of the most handsome prince she had ever encountered. The prince told her that he was enchanted by an evil fairy, causing him to turn into a frog. He needed the love of a princess to bring him to his original self. After informing her, the prince asked for the princess’s hand and marriage, in which she agreed. The two lived gleefully in a grand kingdom for the rest of their lives.
Some cute chick was walkin’ in these here woods the other day. Boy will I tell you she was hot. She just kept on goin’ minding her own business playing will some sort of round thing. She had some cannon for an arm. She got that ball higher than the moon. Too bad she couldn’t catch it. Even worse, it kept goin’ all the way into a creek. She was a cryin’ and a moanin’ like a dying whale. Good thing a helping frog popped up. It got her that ball no problem, but it cost that chick her lovin’. After seein’ her ball, she grabbed it and ran like her momma taught her. When the sun showed its face the day after, that frog found itself outside that fine lady’s door tryn’ a get in. The princess spokeded with her pops, and pops said he’d give her da boot if she didn’t keep her promise. She letted the froggy in and gave him some grub. Then she let the slimy little thing sleep on her bed. She did this thing for three whole days. Wakin’ up after three days, her eyes just ‘bout flew out when seein’ that smokin’ prince. He told her he had some evil spell, and he needed her smoochin’ smoochin’ and lovin’ lovin’ to be himself again. Then he pulled out a ring and popped the question. She said yeah, and they lived and ate well in that huge palace on the hill since.
Good job Reg! I personally love reading everyone’s low style so much more because they’re more relatable and funny. Yours was very well expressed. Yay!
DeleteThis is great. You use a lot of descriptive words, and it creates a perfect image of the scenario.
DeleteRapunzel from a lawyer’s point of view:
ReplyDeleteI am the lawyer of a girl that was trapped in a tower for years. She has long blond hair and bright blue innocent eyes. She deserves to begin her life after many years stuck in a tower with a witch. I must plead her case and fight for her right to live her life without the witch controlling her. She continues to tell me stories about her bored life stuck up in a tower. I have concluded that when she hears “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair to me” she drops her long hair down to guide the witch up to her tower. After years of never leaving the tower, her Prince Charming snuck up into the tower and asked her to marry him. They fell in love and the when witch found out, she was angered. The following day, the witch punished Rapunzel by chopping off her long beautiful hair and sent her to an empty dessert. When the prince came to see her again the witch used the hair that she cut from Rapunzel and dragged him up, only to throw him from the tower. He landed on thorns, which blinded him. He later found Rapunzel and with her magical tears she healed him and he could see again. They are happily married and have a beautiful baby girl with long blonde hair, however, the witch has to be taken care of for all of the terrible things she did. I must fight for Rapunzel’s justice and fight for proper punishment for the witch.
Rapunzel from a little girls point of view:
Mommy, I wish I was the pretty princes with long yellow hair. She got to live in a tall tower with her witchy mom. Momma I wanna live in a tower with you and use my hair to let you up to me. I even would get to have a cute boyfriend and marry him in my own huge castle and have a baby and you can come to my castle to mom. Momma can we play dress up and me be Rapunzel and you be the witch?
This is Anna and yet again my account won’t work, but I like how your second viewpoint was of a little girl. I also enjoyed how you worded the story because that is exactly how kids talk.
DeleteI like the difference between your high and low style. You can tell which one is which. It tells the story very well in both, and the low one is funny because thats how kids talk, especially my cousins.
DeleteYour contrast between the two styles was very distinct. I really enjoyed the point of view from the little girl, it reminded me of exactly how I would describe something to my mom as a toddler. Awesome job, Emily!
DeleteAladdin
ReplyDeleteFrom a newspaper article:
This just in, a story of how heroism and love. A young and poor boy, Aladdin who lived with his mother in a hut had his whole life changed. One day, a crazed man took the young boy and told his mother that he will work and in return become rich in gold. The man took the boy to a museum to steal all of the expensive artifacts to get rich. There, the boy found another man, and he turned out to be a world renowned doctor. The doctor took the boy away from the crazy man and adopted him as his own. The doctor did everything for the boy, paid for his schooling, got him a job, and found him a beautiful wife. The boy asked the doctor for a huge mansion in the middle of their city so that everyone would see it and be envious. Eventually, the mansion caught the attention of the crazed man who tried to get Aladdin to steal all the artifacts. The man snuck into his mansion at night and stole Aladdin’s precious gold stethoscope. Aladdin, in a fit of rage, called the doctor who got the government to hunt down the evil man and arrest him. The doctor succeed and the gold stethoscope was given back to Aladdin. He, his beautiful wife and mother, and the amazing doctor lived happily together in the mansion for the rest of their lives. Next week, an interview with the daughter of Cinderella about her life as a princess will be released. Stay tuned for more great coverage of today’s news!
A southern belle:
Y’all! Get over here and sit a spell. Y’all gotta hear this story I done heard the other day! So some poor old boy, bless his heart, got his doohickey stolen! Well wait a darn second. Let me start over now. This little rascal boy got the chance of a life time! Some amazing doctor man took in the little little rascal boy when he was just a little ole thing. He raised that youngin like it was his job! Now that man done got that kid a mansion on over yonder and some robber guy took his special medical thingamajigger! Well, supposedly that big doctor guy pulled out the big guns and found that thief quicker than a clodhopper can spell “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”! The crazy man got locked up and for good reason too! Now the whole family lives in that mansion happier than a bunch of dead pigs in the hot summer sun.
Sorry everyone, this is Anna. I have no idea why this uploaded as unknown.
DeleteLet me just say your southern belle impression was AMAZING! It is seriously so cute. I can definitely tell that you have southern family origin. I love it!
DeleteI loved your southern style writing. It was so good! Great job Anna.
DeleteJack and the Beanstalk
ReplyDeleteAn adolescent and his mother were impoverished. They were malnourished due to the failure of their agricultural estate. Each of their animals were compounded of flesh, bone, joint, and not much more. The adolescent, called Jack, decides to sell one of the cattle. A stranger off of the street bargains with Jack to exchange his cow for magic beans. Jack was convinced that the magic beans would be the key to saving his family from hunger, even though every human needs more nutrition than that of a bean. When Jack arrived at home, his mother was infuriated at how gullible her son had been. With hostility, Jack’s mother threw the seeds outside onto the Earth. Precipitation occurred overnight, resulting in the growth of the seeds. The beanstalk grew impossibly quick, into the clouds in fact. In the morning, Jack discovers the beanstalk, and decides to climb the tall plant to find the end of it. He climbs, much longer that the human body could physically be capable of, and reached the top of the beanstalk. He discovers a couple of giants, another scientifically impossible occurrence, and is frightened. The two giants noticed Jack and attempted to catch him and devour him. Although the results were not in his favor, Jack escaped the wrath of the giants. In addition, he acquired the male giant’s treasures. He returned to land with the giant’s magical harp and a hen that lays eggs filled with coins. His mother is so proud, and their well-being improved.
I really liked how you told the story of Jack and the Beanstalk yet still made it your own. This was really cool.
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ReplyDeleteAlice in Wonderland
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I came to address our nations drug epidemic. To start, I am going to share a story with you about a young woman named Alice. Alice was a curious girl who never really knew when to say no. It all began when Alice was sitting on a bench with her sister and it was reported that a white rabbit raced alongside her and Alice felt the urge to follow it to its burrowing hole. Once there, the young lady took a sip of some drink laced with a drug that made Alice feel small and believe that she had entered “Wonderland.” As she was there Alice had a series of hallucinations due to the consumption of various types of narcotics. Alice explained that she saw a caterpillar who was smoking a vaporized cigarette and saw many different shapes and colors after inhaling the fumes. Then Alice stumbled upon a tea party where she noticed an aggressive argument between two men about what time it was. The tea could have easily been infused with rohypnol or ecstasy. Next she met men chanting, “we’re painting the roses red,” as she entered the castle of the Queen of Hearts, a woman known for her addiction to bath salts. The Queen accused Alice of stealing her tarts and threw her and prison and suddenly the young lady woke up from her black out and believed that everything was a dream. I call to mind that we as a nation do something in order to decrease the number of casualties and dangers caused by these drugs.
Hey y’all did yins hear bout that drama goin down with Alice? I guess that girl got into some deep dirt with some of dem drugs. She followed some rabbit into a hole and cuz, let me just tell ya, if it was me I’d have that son of a gun skinned and ready for dinner in the blink of an eye. Anyway, she apparently drank some bad moonshine or somethin and felt all small and itty bitty. Then she saw dis here caterpillar vaping up a STORM! Like bro he been blowing some thick O’s. The pretty girl then went to a tea party in the sticks and met these two dudes knocked up with roofies who would not quit arguing about the time. If they were like us, they’d understand that it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere. After that, she heard some men saying the same thing over and over again. Kinda sounded like ma when she tryna get junior to clean his room. Poor Alice was then thrown into the dog pound for somethin she ain’t even do. Then that freaking lady woke up and said it was all a dream. Talk about trippy.
I really liked reading your low style and could tell the difference between each. Great job Maddie!
DeleteI like how you used the story to prove your point in the high style. I enjoyed reading your low style also. The use of slang words helps make the story different and stand out.
DeleteJack and the Beanstalk
ReplyDeleteHey y’all, this here is a story I heard passed through a line of my grandfathers. A long, long time ago there was a youngin’ from another farm over who had a wild experience. He grew up during a rough time, his animals were about the size of that there log. They was nothing but bone, had no meat on them. They was strugglin’ real bad to have a meal to eat. The young buck, Jack, went to the market one day to sell off one of his cows. A man went up to dat kid and said he would give the fella magical seeds for the cow. That cow was prolly worth less than dem seeds though, even if they weren’t magic. The boy shows the seeds to his ma and she whooped him with the belt for being so silly. She tossed the seeds onto the dirt and yins wouldn’t believe what happened next. The rain overnight made those seeds grow into the sky. Taller than any stalk of corn y’all has ever seen. This thing was into the clouds, yanno? That boy Jack climbed up the beanstalk to see just how high it really was. When he got up to the top, he saw a lady giant and a gentlemen giant. They was not friendly though, they wanted to eat Jack for lunch. Jack was smart like us country folk and he got away from the giants. He even brought the giants harp and a hen that laid eggs filled with coins! You better believe his ma was proud of that boy that day!
Wow. Both of your writings were very good. It was so clear that they were written by two very different people. You were able to fill the whole thing with the chosen vocabulary, not just here and there. And the story was still told well. Very good!
DeleteThe Little Mermaid
ReplyDeleteLong ago lived the mermaid heiress to King Triton, Ariel, who was displeased with the life that was made for her in the royal kingdom of Atlantica. She was intensely interested by the human world and their way of living. Her constant companion Flounder accompanied her in exploring the infamous Sunken Ship. During their exploration journey, they were pursued by an intimidating shark named Glut. One of Ariel’s hobbies included hoarding artifacts lost by the humans. She confined the space of where she holds the humans’ lost objects to her own personal grotto, or a petite cave. She often confided in her friend Scuttle, a seagull native to the surface of the ocean, inquiring about the objects she has and about the human culture in general. She often ignored the advisories of her father and ruler, King Triton, and her companion and Triton’s adviser, Sebastian, that communication between merpeople and humans was strictly prohibited. One night, Ariel and Flounder swam to the ocean’s surface to observe a celebration on a ship for Prince Eric’s birthday, where she instantly falls in with him. Not long after, a vicious storm arose and wrecked the ship, launching Prince Eric into the sea. Ariel rescued him, brought him to shore, and sweetly serenaded him. She quickly departed after he regained consciousness in trepidation of his recognition of her. Even after leaving, Ariel could not avoid seeing the prince any longer. She made a deal with a treacherous beast by the name of Ursula. Ursula would acquire Ariel’s beautiful voice, and in exchange, Ariel received a pair of legs for her journey to find Eric on land. When it is revealed that the entire pact between them is a hoax, Eric recognized Ariel’s voice and together they defeated Ursula. Once Ursula officially lamented, the polyps in her garden could be reverted to their original forms and Eric and Ariel could live out their own happily ever after.
Duuuuuuuude, sometime before now, this sweet thing Ariel didn’t like the totally rad place she was living at with her coconut-head dad, Triton. She thought that human world was super gnarly. She even stole some of their stuff they let float around, which is totally buggery. Well she thought this dude Eric was totally nectar and wanted to check. him. out. She went and watched this dude at his birthday party and was all, “Howzit, brah?” He like flew off this boat but he wasn’t saying, “Hang ten duuuuuude,” for sure. Then he heard her singing and stuff and and thought it was rad. She wanted to be with this dude so she made a pact with a totally wacky monster lady so she could get some legsssssss but she got to keep Ariel’s voice. That lady was like lying though but you’ll never believe what happened next bruhhhh. Eric and Ariel totally killed that lady and they could totally get married.
ReplyDeleteYou used slang really well in your argument. It was very clear that it was told by a surfer but it still went over the whole story. There was even some slang in there that I've not even heard of. And even in your high class writing, you were able to use words that I had to look up, which really finalized the idea that it was by a more professional speaker. Well done.
DeleteI like the differences between the different tones, and the use of the words in the high class tone. In the low class one was pretty funny with the use of “duuuuuude”
DeleteI really got a kick out of your second point of view. I really liked the “Howzit, brah?” part. Very surfer like. I enjoyed reading both of your different point of views. You explained the story very well both ways!
DeleteSleeping Beauty
ReplyDeleteThis Just In: 16 Year Old Story Emerges From Kingdom
Sixteen years ago, the beautiful Queen of our kingdom had born a child. She asked that all fairies of our kingdom come to the Baptism, but unfortunately misplaced an invitation for the most wicked of all. The fairy, who is going to be not named, put a curse of death on the child for her sixteenth birthday, to die when touching a spindle. In shock, our Queen immediately asked a precious, gracious fairy to reverse the curse left on her child. The baby girl would now fall into a deep slumber, instead of death, when injuring herself. The mother had been interviewed by the press, and she admitted to have made a mistake, and wished that it had never happened, and never wishes it upon anyone else.
Years and years have passed, and the girl has grown into a beautiful, and vibrant woman who became rather curious. She would always wander around, and was kept away from spindles, until the day she turned sixteen, she came upon a servant using a one. Not knowing what the servant was doing, she asked to try out her craft. She poked her small, dainty fingers with a needle, and dropped to floor in a slumber.
The woman rushed around the castle trying to find her Queen, who was not able to awaken her daughter with anything she had tried. The Queen then found the fairy who charmed the girl and asked “Will my daughter ever wake from her sleep?” The fairy was quite unsure of this task, as the mother kept questioning. Finally, the fairy gave a true answer of: love. If a man were to truly fall in love with her, she would be woken up and come back.
The Queen was so unbelievably heart broken at this news, that she passed away a few days later. She never thought a man could fall in love with a sleeping woman. The good fairy, and the rest of the servants, took the girl to her bedroom, and laid flower garlands around her. Even though her mother has passed, the good fairy did not want to disappoint, and scare the girl as she woke up. She then cast a spell on the whole castle that everyone would fall into a deep sleep right in their exact spot.
Years and years passed, not a sound throughout the castle, and every person still lay asleep. A price had finally come to the Kingdom, and was eager to explore the new land he has discovered. On his horse he was rustling through the high grass and tall trees of the forest, when he could he could see the towers of the castle. He was stunned in amazement. In an interview, he claimed he had never seen anything like it. His curiosity struck him once again, as he rode toward the castle, and found all of the people lying on the ground. At first he thought they all had died, but finally realized they were asleep and tried to wake them. After more time riding through the castle, he came upon the girl, fast asleep, in her bed. Gazing upon her beautiful face, he was astonished. He knew at that moment he had finally found the women he was supposed to love. He raised her small hand and kissed it. She sprang out of her bed, and her bright eyes opened so fast, and she admitted she had been waiting for him.
Days later, they had gotten married and lived together in the castle.
During an interview with the happy couple, they both stated they always knew they would find their perfect someone, they just had not known when. There will be more to come on this story as their family grows.
Mommy! Mommy! Listen to this story we read in school today! This old lady had a baby and forgot to invite one of her really mean friends to a party they had for it. She got really really mad at her and said mean words and wanted the baby to die. Isn’t that so mean mom? This other girl who was really nice said some nice words and just wanted to let the baby sleep. Sixteen years later, which is a really long time, huh mom, and she was playing with this thing that I really can’t remember what it was but it made her fall asleep for long time. Her mommy got sad and then she died. A boy then came to the castle and found her sleeping and kissed her. Isn’t that gross that they kissed mama?! Then she woke up and then they got married and lived happily ever after.
ReplyDeleteYou did so good writing this as a little girl. I can just see her facial expressions throughout this. It was so fun to read, good job!
DeleteGoldilocks and Three Bears
ReplyDeleteLong ago there were three black bears who lived in a big cabin deep in the forest. In that cabin was a mother bear, a father bear and a baby bear. One day, the bears decided to leave their cabin and go on a walk. Goldilocks, who is a young girl who lived near the forest also decided she would like to go for a walk too. While walking in the woods, Goldilocks stumbled upon the home of the three bears. She decided she would knock on the door to see if anyone was home. When no one answered, so she decided to enter the home. She walked in to find oatmeal on the table. Goldilocks was famished so she decided that she would try the oatmeal. She tried the first bowl, the first bowl and found it to be too hot. The second bowl was "too cold," she said, and the third was "just perfect," she said! After she finished she decided she was feeling exhausted. Goldilocks then wanted to rest in a chair she found. The first chair she sat in was too big, as was the second one. However, the third one was "just perfect." Just as she sat in the chair, it crumbled to the floor. She grew even more tired by this this time. So, she decided to go upstairs and go to bed. The first bed she tried was hard, the second, was too soft and the third was "just perfect!" By this time the bears came home and noticed something wasn't quite right. Talking amongst themselves, they noticed that someone ate their oatmeal, sat in their chairs and broke one of them. They then went upstairs and noticed someone has been in there beds, and baby bear cried out "Someone's been sleeping in my bed and she's still there!" This startled Goldilocks as she jumped out of the bed and ran out of the house of the bears, never to be seen again.
So, imma tell you about this story of a girl and three bears. There once was a cabin that had three bears living in it, and one day there went out for a walk in the morning. This one girl was walking around in the woods and found the cabin and just walked right in it. She was hungry so she just figured that she would eat the porridge that they left out. But she only liked one of the three bowls of it. Then she was tired, and went and sat in a three different chairs. Two of them were too big, and the third one was great, but then she broke it. She was like well, I’m still tired so she went up to sleep in the beds she found. The first two were pretty uncomfortable for her, but the third one was comfortable. So she fell asleep. The bears then walked in and were like yo, who was been eating our porridge and sitting in our chairs. Then they went upstairs to find that their beds have been slept in, and were like man who has been sleeping in out beds, then the little bear was like ahhh there is a girl in my bed. Then this woke the girl she screamed ran out of he house and was never to return to the house again.
ReplyDeleteThere was definitely a difference is speech between the first and second version of the story, however I did not really see how the first one would be considered high style.
DeleteI agree with Emily. I feel as if you needed to establish what you were aiming for in your high style writing right off the bat.
DeleteLawyers POV
ReplyDeleteYour honor, I stand before you today prosecuting Michael Brown, otherwise known by his street name, “the Fox.” This story involves James Miller, or as most may know him, “the gingerbread man.” The “gingerbread man” was a well-known bank robber. However, his time of robbing banks ended just two days ago when Michael Brown, aka “the Fox” shot him in the head, ending his life. Our story begins at the Best Commonwealth Bank downtown. Our robber, the gingerbread man had just pulled off his biggest heist to date. He had obtained slightly over twenty thousand dollars from this bank. Once he was outside, he managed to outrun eight of our police departments squad cars. During his escape he kept saying his iconic phrase, “you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man.” Shortly afterwards, he was running into trouble. He could not find a way to get out of the country. This is where Micheal Brown, or “the Fox” plays into this situation. Our two perpetrators met at the border. Not previously knowing each other, they both needed a way out of the country. Michael Brown was a notorious drug lord and was in serious trouble in this country. By helping each other, they developed a plan on how best to escape. Shortly after arriving in another country, The gingerbread ended up in the river, with a bullet in his head. I can assure you, we have proof that Michael Brown had everything to do with this. You will now hear his story.
POV of Michael Brown, “The Fox”
Yo man, imma tell you this story that still has me shook, aight? So I met my man, “gingy” a few days ago. I think, yeah man, yeah. Aight, so he told me he had a lot of cash. Like, a lot. He needed a way out of the country and so did I, man. So I was all like, “yooo, let’s help each other my man.” He seemed kinda sketchy but then he was all like, “yeah man let’s do it.” So then we hopped that border and we were safe man. We thought we was all Gucci then we was walking, and talking and I told him we should lay low man but he wanted to do his own thing. I don’t roll with that. Peoples always do what I says. So, he was all, “I’m leaving.” And I didn’t like that. I thought we was bros and it made me feel all upset when he wasn’t listening to me. So i shot him, okay man. I didn’t mean to hurt him or nothing but my bro turned on me. I thoughts we was gonna have each other’s backs. Deuces to my man, gingy.
Once upon a time, a president walked into the Oval Office after a busy day. He walked into an empty office. He walked over to his desk were a began a long, tiring day of work.
ReplyDeleteThe president sat down in his chair and began to go through the numerous papers stacked on his desk. He came across a bill that was waiting for his signature. He began to read through it and after finishing says, “This is missing something. I can not sign it.” A few days later the bill comes back across the presidents desk. He reads it and decides that the bill is covering to much and infringing on the right is Americans and does not sign it. A couple of day later the bill comes across the president’s desk again. This time he reads and once he finishes say, “Perfect!” and proceeds to signing the bill.
The president goes into his desk to grab a pen. He began to sign his name and soon realized the pen was out of ink. He went back into his desk to grab another pen. This time when he began to sign his name the pen bleed all over the document. He became frustrated and crumbled up the bill and through it across the room. A new, freshly printed document comes into the Oval Office and the president grabbed another, signed it, and once he finished said “Perfect!”
The president then asked for a frame to put the document in, as this bill be the pin iCal of his presidency. The first frame he received was to small. He ordered another frame, but this frame was to big. He then got a third frame. He put the document in the frame and hung it on the wall in the Oval Office. He took a step back and said, “Perfect!”
Mary was called to the kitchen as it was time for dinner. Mary must have everything perfect. Her mother hates it, as it is almost impossible to cook for her.
Mary cams running down the steps and jumped into her seat at the dining room table. She noticed a fork a been set out for her mac n cheese. She began to yell at her mother saying, “ This is ridiculous. How am I supposed to eat this with a fork?” Mary’s mother goes into the drawer and grabs her a tablespoon. Mary began to scream again, “Really, I can not even fit that spoon in my mouth.” Mary’s mother was now very upset and grabs a teaspoon for Mary. She grabs her spoon, responding to her mother, “This is perfect!”
Mary began to eat her mac n a cheese and soon realized that is was made with the wrong cheese. The noodles were covered with white cheese. Mary’s mom can not believe that the color of the cheese matters. She goes into the fridge and finds an old can of Ragu cheese that she can put over the plain noodles. Mary grabbed her teaspoon and began to eat the new batch of mac n cheese. Mary took a bite and immediately spit out, as the new cheese was old and stale. Mary’s mom was now yelling so loud the whole neighborhood could probably hear her. She found a new bottle of Ragu and used that for the third batch of mac n cheese. Mary took a bite of this batch and say, “Perfect!”
Mary goes for her second bite, but the mac n cheese is ice cold. Mary’s mom rips the bowl out Mary’s hands and throws it into the microwave. A minute later Mary takes another bit, but this time it was to hot. Mary’s mom can not believe it, she can never have anything be just right. The two start a yelling match; once it concludes Mary takes another bit of her mac n cheese and this time it was perfect.
I love the modern day piece with the Mac n Cheese. It is a really cool way to display the fairtale ideas while making it your own. Great job. The first one was also done very well.
DeleteThe Monkey who was Made King
ReplyDeletePOV of King
During my term of king, the land was at peace. The lion didn’t chase the oxen, the wolf didn’t hunt the sheep, and owls didn’t swoop on the mice in the field. This harmony was threatened when the election was held. The tradition goes as each candidate presents themselves and makes speeches in an attempt to convince as many people as possible to elect them. However, for some ungodly reason, Monkey managed to get elected. Instead of making a speech or anything of the sort, he dances. This candidate, who is going to be my heir, knows nothing of politics, nothing of policy, nothing of the law. But alas, my right hand man designed a plan. He set up an ambush with fruit and other delicacies and lured him in with flattery. The trap was successful and the monkey price is no more.
POV of Peasant
The lion was one hell of a king, but he’s gone too far. We had a election just a while ago and Monkey comes in dancing. He’s dancing! Nothin’s better than dancin! But noooooo. He gets the job and Lion and Fox make a plan. They made a damn trap for the bugger, fancied ‘er up with fruit and flowers and the works. Now Monkey isn’t the sharpest tool in my shed, but even I almost fell in the trap! Either way, Monkey’s gone and now we have no king.
This is pretty good Bruce but is quite short. You should put more detail into you main comment because your side comments are amazing. This is still pretty good.
DeleteHansel and Gretel (Lawyer POV)
ReplyDeleteYour honor, let’s recall the days leading up to the incident and the night in which the incident occurred, shall we? A very poor family, living in a secluded area near the wood line, was faced with a dilemma. Two children, their father, and their new stepmother were running very low on money and could not cover the living expenses of four people. The stepmother was somehow able to convince her husband that sending these two young children deep into the woods to provide for themselves and survive on their own was the best option. The next day, the couple walked their children out into the woods and left them there. However, Hansel and Gretel were wise and were able to follow the trail back to their home. The children expected to be rewarded, but guess what happened next your honor? They were sent right back out into the woods. This time they were not able to find their way back home. Before the incident even occurred, these children needed to go into survival mode. But anyways, on with the story. The children wandered around the woods for days looking for something to eat, as they began to starve. They stumbled upon a house that was made out of gingerbread. The children were obviously very confused, but they decided to start taking bites out of the house without hesitation. As they were stuffing their faces with the only food they’ve eaten in days, the door of the house began to open. An old lady, or should I say witch your honor, walked out and saw what was happening to her house. She played the nice card at first, welcoming Hansel and Gretel into her home for a warm meal. The children enjoyed themselves that night, as they ate for the entire night and got a good night of sleep. However, Hansel and Gretel awoke to being locked up in their room. The witch devised a plan to feed Hansel as many meals as possible in order to get him fat so that she could enjoy having him as a her own meal. The witch would become tired of making these meals, so she freed Gretel to cook the meals from now on. The witch would also weigh Hansel everyday to ensure that he was gaining weight. As mentioned before, however, these children were very wise. Hansel played tricks on the witch that made it seem as if he wasn’t gaining any weight. The witch grew tired of waiting, so she decided to eat Hansel right then and there. She told Gretel to heat up the oven for her, and then said to get into the oven to make sure it was warm enough. Gretel, being a smart young girl, knew better than to do something so stupid. Instead she managed to grab the witch and put her into the oven and burn her to death. She then freed Hansel, and the children escaped. After a few days, they were able to find their home yet again and their father greeted them with open arms. The stepmother has passed away while the kids were gone, and the father realized he needed his children back. Your honor, in no way can my defendant, Gretel, be sentenced to jail for murder, for she was simply using her self defense mechanisms to keep her and her dear brother alive.
This was really well written Bryce! I can definitely see a lawyer talking like that and using those words. You spent some time on this and it shows.
DeleteSwan Lake in high style.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, in a beautiful kingdom there was a handsome prince who had everything his heart desired, except one thing : happiness. Alas, the poor Prince Siegfried has lost his father, the King, and was truly crushed by that loss. On his birthday, the palace held a party to try and cheer the young prince. Many entertainments were brought forth to try and lighten the mans mood and make his heart merry, but nothing worked. Finally the prince’s mother, the Queen, entered the ball and told Siegfried it was high time for him to seek a wife. This upset Siegfried even more. More merriments were brought in, but none soothed the Prince’s heart. Finally, a bevy of swans were spotted outside the palace, and the Prince suddenly was struck with a craving to hunt these beautiful creatures. He and his dear compatriot Benno left at once for the hunting trip. When they left the palace, they encountered the beautiful swans, so beautiful that they seemed to be fallen angels from heaven. Suddenly, without warning, the swans turned into breathtakingly beautiful maidens. The most beautiful of the maidens was a girl by the name of Odette. The swans were secretly prisoners of the evil, wicked sorcerer Rothbart, and could only return to their true form in the dead of night, and the only way to break free is a vow of true and pure love. Siegfried and Odette were immediately smitten with each other and professed a vow of enteral love. However, Rothbart had other plans for the couple. The next night, the Queen threw a grand ball for the Prince in order to chose his future wife. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Siegfried has chosen Odette for his bride. However, the sinister wizard brought his daughter Odile, identical in looks to Odette, to the ball. Odile enchanted the Prince, and he breaks his sworn vow. When he realized that he had broken his vow, he swiftly jaunted away to the woods to beg Odette to forgive him. Odette, even though that she knew she could never become human, forgave him. He was so distraught that he drowns himself in despair. Rothbart took his body, and with that Odette is free from the curse. Although, she she is free from the terrible curse, never more will she walk among humans.
Hansel and Gretel (Urban Teenager POV)
ReplyDeleteYo fellas let me tell about this crazy story I heard last night. Ight so there’s these two broke kids named Hansel and Gretel living with their broke daddy and their broke step mommy out near the woods. They don’t have the dolla bills to provide for the four of them, so the step mommy tells daddy that the kids gotta go. So the next mornin’ they send their kids out in the woods and hope that they never come back. But hold up, these two badass kids secretly follow their fam right back to the house. Except step mommy and daddy put them right back where they started, lemme tell ya that ain’t it chief. So anyways, a few days go by and these little buggers are STARVING. They be walkin’ through the woods one day and they find this big ass house made of gingerbread. Seems legit. These kids are so hungry that they just start going ham on this house, eating as much of it as they can. Only problem is, this ain’t no regular house. This is a witches house. This witch comes strollin’ out tries to be actin’ all nice. She tells the kiddos to come inside for some hot food. Mmmmmmm hard to turn down, right? So they go in, chow down alllll night long, and get some good rest. Next mornin’ they wake up to see that they all locked up and such in a their room. Witch? More like... ya know what I mean. The witch makes this diabolical plan to stuff Hansel with as much food as possible so that he can be all chubby when she eats him, yeah I said EATS HIM. She gets tired of cookin’ so she makes Gretel do the dirty work. Every single day the witch would make Hansel’s fat little self step up on the scale so she could she that he was gainin’ weight. Joke’s on her though because Hansel is a hell of a prankster. He tricked the witch into thinking that he ain’t gain any weight. The witch got all pissed and decided that he wanted to eat that boy ASAP. She told Gretel heat up the oven, and then she was crazy enough to tell Gretel to hop up in dat to see if it was hot. Good thing Gretel ain’t stupid. She beat the snot out of the witch and threw her in the oven instead. She done burnt that dumb witch to death and then saved her fat brother. The two kiddos start wandering around the woods again and they was finally able to find their house again. Daddy said that step mommy bit the dust and that he wanted his kiddos back. That fam lived happily ever after.
This just in… The prince has returned to the castle with a mysterious beauty and is prepared to live happily ever after. According to our source, the prince had met a young lady named Snow White who had been living in the forest with seven dwarfs. According to an eyewitness account, many years ago the girl’s step mother grew extremely jealous of her beauty. The police investigation revealed that the step mother had hired a hit man to kill Snow but he couldn’t go through with it because she was so beautiful and innocent. He told her he would not kill her but that she couldn’t return to the village or she would be killed and so would he. According to an interview with The Tale, Snow reports that she was terrified at first but these kind dwarves took her in and protected her. They offered her shelter. In exchange, she cooked and cleaned for them. Snow told the reporters that she grew very fond of them and had settled into her new life. She started to forget all about her past.
ReplyDeleteHowever, her step mother did not forget about her. According to sworn testimony, the step mother found out Snow was still alive and living in the woods. According to the police report, Snow White’s stepmother tracked her down and tricked her into eating a poison apple. The dwarves told the police that they came home and she was out cold. They called 911 but there was nothing they could do to revive her. The dwarves told a reporter that they had grown so fond of her that they took her back to their home and cared for her in her comatose state. She remained like this for a long time. The dwarves told police that one day, a prince from a neighboring kingdom, got lost in the woods and stopped at their cottage for directions. He saw Snow White and it was love at first sight. The Tale reported that the prince was moved to tears as the dwarves told him the story of how she got to this state. The prince just had to kiss her. As he kissed her, the 7 dwarves could not believe their eyes. She was awoken by true love’s kiss just like in the fairy tales they read as kids!
Yo Dudes! You are not going to believe this! I am getting married. I met this smokin’ girl in the woods the other day. It was like a fairy tale. I was riding my 4 wheeler in the woods and I got lost so I stopped at this cottage for directions. It was really freaky. There were these 7 midgets living there but they ended up being pretty chill so I asked if I could use their john. When I went inside their crib, there she was, just laying there. She was drop dead gorgeous! But then I thought she was dead because she was just laying there and she didn’t wake up. I thought those little dudes were pervs or something. But then they started telling me her story. This girl’s step mom was so jealous of her looks that she hired someone to take care of her if you know what I mean. Well this mob dude took one look at her and couldn’t do it. He told her to just hide out in the woods. She ended up crashing with these little dudes until one day this old hag showed up and tricked her into eating a poisonous apple. This poison put her in a coma and these guys took care of her. I wouldn’t have believed them except I saw her just lying there. It was too wacked to be made up! I felt so bad for her and, did I mention, she was hot so I decided to steal one kiss before I hoped back on my ride and got out of there. When I kissed her though, she woke up. I about crapped myself! Long story short, she was really into me to so we hooked up and are getting married. I want you guys to be there. Luv ya Bros!
You did a really good job differentiating between the two different styles. I was able to tell which was which one within the first sentences of each.
DeleteSwan lake in low style.
ReplyDeleteSo there was this boi named Siegfried, why he got that wacky name we don’t know, and he was a whole Prince. Even though he got all that money, that boi wasn’t happy. Turns out his daddy DIED, so yeah that why he’s sad. So his Mom walks in, spills the tea, and tells him that he needs a wifey. Siegfried’s like “eff u mom I’m chasing some birds.” So he and his squad go and get some of these birds and they are shook when this bird turns into a whole human. And Sieg and his boys wigs are SNATCHED, when they see this girl. So she’s a swan that got some spell thing put on her. My man Sieg and Odette and in LOVE and they swear and vow that’s gonna break this curse. So, Siegs mom throws a rave so that Sieg hooks up with some girl. So the dude that put and curse in Odette has this whole daughter Odile, who looks like Odette kinda. So Odile walks in and Siegfried is like “wig I’d clap though.” and those two get in on. Then, Sieg is like “I regret so much” and runs away to Odette and dies. Odette is cool with it, even though her man cheated on her then died because she’s free from that creepy wizard. She’s still a swan tho.
Snow White
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, in a domain long, long ago, there was a beautiful princess named Snow White. Her dark, raven-colored hair framed the snowy complexion of her face, as her rosy cheeks brought forth the deep, earthy brown of her eyes. She was a sweet and gentle being to all walking forms of nature. One day, the adored princess met a charming prince. They came together through a song of love and adoration. But, Snow White’s evil step-mother, the Queen, was keeping a watchful eye on the two love birds. Afterwards, the Queen was so enraged with the beauteous sight of Snow White, she ordered her Huntsman to capture and put an end to the young princess. The Huntsman, having a sense of compassion, could not bring himself to harm Snow White in any way, so he ordered her to escape and never come back. The Huntsman did not want the Queen to have any knowledge of Snow White’s whereabouts. Snow White took matters into her own hands and found herself deep into the woods. She panicked and frantically found herself in front of a small cottage. The princess knocked with a feeling of consternation. The sound of knocking was not acknowledged by anyone inside the cottage, so she softly stepped inside the small home. She examined the area and immediately noticed the place was up in shambles. So, she decided to tidy up. With a little help from her woodland companions, Snow White was capable of reaching every nook and cranny. She figured that if the people who resided in the home noticed how spotless it had become, they would allow her to lodge there for as long as she needed. Snow White presumptuously wandered about the home and found seven miniature resting units in the upper portion of the home. She assumed they belonged to infant children. Due to the extensive work it took to finally reach an unsullied home, Snow White found a splendid setting to slumber. In the interim, the minuscule septuplets that resided in the small dwelling were advancing towards their living quarters after an enervating day at the brilliant stone quarry. Once the minuscule septuplets arrived to their living quarters, they were astonished to pinpoint the beauteous, feminine figure inside their dwelling. At the moment Snow White became aware of her surroundings, she was charmed to be in the presence of several small beings that occupied the cottage. They introduced themselves by the epithets: Befuddled, Repetitive Expelling of Air from Nostrils, Convivial, Ill-Tempered, General Practitioner, Diffident, and Somnolent. They all desired to shield the prepossessing lady from the villainous queen, so they offered Snow White the opportunity to live with them. In the mean time at the citadel, the heiress discovered Snow White’s current liveliness. Almost incandescent, she formulated an occult elixir that transformed her into an hoary peddler woman in order to deceive the princess. As the several miniature people exited the cottage for their occupation the succeeding day, the elderly woman arrived at the cottage and presented Snow White an alluring crimson round fruit. The deceived princess tasted the fruit she had been given and was soon full of toxin. When the minuscule septuplets arrived to the dwelling, they pursued the evil, incognito woman to the edge of an escarpment where she fell and vanished forever. Despite their efforts, the several miniature people were not capable of awakening the non-responsive princess. In the fullness of time, Snow White’s endearing princeling presented himself after a long period of search. The non-responsiveness of the beauteous being was put to an end by the Intimacy’s Primary Kiss from her endearing princeling. The two loving companions returned to the domain and resided gaily for the future time to come.
Snow White
ReplyDeleteHave any of y’all ever heard of a story ‘bout some white snow lady and her seven servant guys? Well have I got a story for you! So it starts out like ya typical fairy tale book story ‘bout once ‘pon uh time ‘n stuff. There be this princessy chick named Snow White ‘cause apparently she had like skin the color of white snow I guess. She was good with like deer ‘n birds and would sing with them all the time. There was this one time she was singin’ with a real good lookin’ fella and apparently they like looovveeddd each other or somethin’. Then princessy’s step-mama got real mad cause Snow White was pertier that she was. So Queeny Mama sent her huntin’ man to go get the job done and kill princessy, but he just wouldn’t do it! ‘Parently he done told her to run away so Queeny Mama would never find her. Snow White ran into the woods and was bangin’ on the door at some tiny lil’ house,but nobody answered, so she just went it. She realized how nasty and dusty it was, so she got to cleanin’. Then she was so tired from it, that she decided to take a lil’ snooze-a-roo in one uh the tiny beds. Well, when the tiny lil fellas that lived there got to the cottage, they found the princessy sleepin’ in they beds! So, they introduced themselves one by one: Dopey, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, and Sleepy. They let her stay at they home once she told them her “sitiation”. The next day when they left to go to work, the Queeny lady came, but she done drank some juice that made her look old and haggard so Princessy couldn’t recognize her. The old lady gave her a shiny red apple that was poisonous and you know what happened? Snow White done ate the thing! Like come on lil’ lady, ya gotta be smarter than that! Anyways, her lil’ dwarfmen came home and chased that crazy old lazy off some cliff and she died. They came back to the cottage and cared for princessy, but she never woke up. Until, her fine lookin’ fella came to find her and done gave her a big ‘ole smooch that woke her up! Then they ‘parently ran off into the sunset and done lived happily eva’ after!
Really liked your low style type. I could follow it easily, while also laughing at the low style type of writing. Nice job telling about snow white!
DeleteBoth styles were very well written, but I enjoyed the low style the best. It was funny to read!
DeletePinocchio, in formal "high style".
ReplyDeleteAt one time, long ago, an a village in Italy, a carpenter was carving a piece of pinewood when it started to yell. Because of this, he gave in to his neighbor, the poor man Geppetto, who wanted to be a puppeteer. Using the piece of wood, he made a wooden, pinewood puppet. Once the beautiful, marvelous, pinewood puppet had been made, his nose started to grow. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is very mischievous. Once his legs are carved out, he runs away. Pinocchio is found by the police, and thought that Geppetto mistreated the poor puppet. Geppetto is jailed. Pinocchio goes back to the house, and finds a small cricket. The cricket warns Pinocchio of misbehaving, but he ends up angering the puppet, who throws a hammer and kills the cricket. Pinocchio goes to sleep on a stove, but his feet are bruned off by the stove. Geppetto is released from jail, and makes him new feet. Pinocchio decided to be good and go to school.
One his way to school, he sees a marionette show on the way to school. Pinocchio sells his book to see the show. The puppet master sees all of his puppets calling to Pinocchio. The puppet master becomes enraged and in his fury decided to use Pinocchio as fuel for his fire. But, he determines not to do that. He gives Pinocchio five gold coins to give to his master. On his way home, he meets a cat, fox, and blackbird. They all try to deceive Pinocchio, except the blackbird, who get eaten by the cat. They finally get Pinocchio to agree with them, and they go to sleep at an inn. When this happens, they leave Pinocchio, telling him to meet them at a field. When Pinocchio gets to this field, he is attacked by them and hung on a tree. While waiting for the poor, unfortunate puppet is struggling, they leave him to die, and they become bored of the situation.
Then, a magical fairy comes upon Pinocchio and calls down a falcon to save Pinocchio. The fairy summons upon three doctors. Two are unsure of the matter. The third, the ghost of the cricket, says he is fine. The fairy administers medicine, and revives Pinocchio.
The fairy acts talks to Pinocchio about what happens, asking him what happened. But every time he liked, his nose grew substantially bigger. The fairy called for woodpeckers to come and whittle away at his nose. Pinocchio then leaves to find Geppetto.
On his way he meets the cat and fox again, and they decive him again and go to the field once again. Pinocchio buries his coins, as under the instructions of the car and fox. After Pinocchio leaves, they dig it up and run away. Pinocchio learns of this and tries to get help from people in the city of Catchfools. Pinocchio is jailed for foolishness, but is released shortly thereafter.
Pinocchio goes back to the forest, where the fairy lives. But, when Pinocchio gets there, he sees the gravestone of the fairy. Pinocchio mourns the death of the fairy.
At the same time, a pigeon sees this and informs Pinocchio that Geppetto is building a boat to search for Pinocchio. Pinocchio tries to swim to but gets washed ashore. Geppetto also gets swallowed by the Dogfish, a large fish.
Pinocchio then discovers an old lady, that is actually a fairy. When this happens, she says that if he studies well for a year, he'll become a real boy.
Pinocchio becomes the best in his class. Pinocchio then goes and has to have a party, by the demands of the fairy. But he then leaves to a magical town. He is sold to a circus, and then thrown out to sea. In the sea, he rescues Geppetto. After he rescues Geppetto, he finally becomes a real boy.
The Gingerbread Man
ReplyDeleteHigh Style: U.S. President
My fellow Americans, for about a week now, the press has been covering and broadcasting what has become a national story. Gingerbread, in the form of a man, has become a living person. This phenomenon has ran away to escape being consumed by numerous citizens and farm animals. However, to those who have continued the desire to consume this man, I urge you to see why this is a faulty way to live. He is a fellow American, and must be treated as such. However, as I am sure most of you know that have also been watching any broadcasting station, you would also be familiar that through all the adversity he has faced, this gingerbread man has faced acceptance from the woman who created him. This is a reminder to all of us to reach out to our brothers and sisters, and respect all those who seek our help, as it in with great urgency that I stress the importance of unity among all Americans in our world today.
Low Style: A chatty teenage girl texting a friend
OMG. So get this. There were these 2 old ppl and they were married. The man was working in the field of their farm & his wife was baking cuz she was bored. She used this cookbook that was in her family for generations and decided to make gingerbread in the shape of a man. Like um okay... Anywho, so ig when she went to get it out of the oven, it sat up and then ran across the kitchen and was like “gtg” so he ran out the window. This woman was SHOOK and chased after it. Her hubby saw this gingerbread man running 2 and started running after it. He told it to stop but the gingerbread said “u can’t catch me.” And like this same thing happened with a bunch of the animals and ppl in the town till there were police officers, business ppl, cows, pigs, chickens, and the two old ppl were all chasing this tiny bread man, like what the crap. Then there was a fox and he told him to hop on his tail, but then the water was too deep so he told him 2 go on the fox’s back and then his nose. The fox was gonna eat this gingerbread man but then old woman pulled on his tail and the gingerbread man went flying into the old woman’s hand. He was like “plz don’t eat me” & then PLOT TWIST: she kisses the him on da 4 head & she told him that he was like the son that she never had & now everything is good. But ya that’s it. K byeeeeee TTYL! :)
Loved the low style. So funny! Great job for emulating the "teenage girl texting" cliche. Really enjoyed reading this.
DeletePinocchio in hickish "low style"
ReplyDeleteAight folks, time fer a story.
Once pon a time, a wooden blocks start yellin at it's master. The master then threw it at his neighbor, a weird feller called Geppetto. Geppetto carved out a guy called Pinocchio. That Pinocchio guy is a little brat, and ran away and got Geppetto in trouble with the Gestapo, got him arrested. Pinocchio, being still a brat, went home. A talkin cricket then tried to tell im off, but Pinocchio got ticked and squished him with a hammer. As some karma, he got his feet burnt off by a stove that he fell asleep on. Geppetto, showing some patience with the little guy, made him some new feet. Pinocchio, finally seein eye to eye, decided to go to school. But the selfish idiot sold his only frickin book to see a stupid show. The master puppeteer saw this and was gonna use im as firewood, but overall though differently. He gave him five gold coins and sent the little guy home. On his way home, he met a fox and a cat, who tried to trick him. A blackbird decided to tell him that they are trying to trick him, and in doing that, got eaten by the cat, silly thing. But here is where it gets good. They decieve him, and then they go to a motel. At the motel, they leave in the night, telling Pinocchio to meet them in a field. When. Pinocchio meets them at the field in the morn, they mug him and hang him up in a tree. They did even give the courtesy of staying to watch him die, and left. A fairy then comes and saves him with a cool old falcon. The fairy brings in three doctors to see how he is. The last doctor, who by chance, is the talking cricket, said he was fine and to deal with it. The fairy gave him a pick me up, and asked him what excatly how he got in that situation. But every time the bugger lied, his nose grew. So the fairy brought some woodpeckers down to peck on his nose, to shorten er up. Pinocchio then decided to go on his way to find Geppetto.
On his way to find Geppetto, he meets the cat and fox. They trick him again, and make him bury a coin, only to dig it up and steal it after Pinocchio leaves. Pinocchio is told this and tries to get help. But he gets thrown in jail for being dumb. Once he gets out, he goes back to the forest to see the fairy, only to find a grave of the poor thing. He cries and weeps over the grave, but then a pigeon tells him about how Geppetto made a boat and goat swallow by one of them big old trout. Pinocchio tries to swim, but fails and goes back to shore.
He then meets a dear old lady, but then realizes it's the fairy. She tells him to go to school and be good for a year, and he can become a real boy. Pinocchio likes the way she thinks, and goes with her plan. He goes to throw a party, but then leaves town! Then, karma again at work, gets sold to a circus, and then gets tossed into the sea. He then rescues Geppetto, and then, after all this time, becomes a real boy.