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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I work in a library and we run both rhyme and story time
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>pre-school children. Currently I usually read from books
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>stock but would be interested in doing a more traditional
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>or without props). If anyone has any suggestions, they
would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Have a look on the publications page of the Society for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Storytelling website - there's some downloadable FAQs that
might help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.sfs.org.uk
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Alas, this newsgroup seems dormant, so I'm not sure you'll
>>>>>>>>>>>>>find much help here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Well, we're all sitting ready to listen....
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>It was a cold dark night, with the storm raging outside...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>and the Indians were siting round the fire..
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A stranger came in from the storm, and sat ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>in front of the fire, hogging all the heat himself, with his
>>>>>>>>overcoat steaming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So, in the hope of the stranger standing and letting others near
>>>>>>>the fire, they asked "Tell us a story"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>But even as he opened his mouth to reply, the door opened....
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A stranger came in from the storm, and sat ...
>>>>
>>>>Looking away from the first stranger who went very still indeed. The
>>>>first stranger looked tall, even sitting by the fire, but someone -
>>>>say a gangmaster, used to looking at men for their strength and
>>>>usefulness - might have seen even by the forelight that has
>>>>appearance of height was because of his scrawneyness, and he was but
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The second stranger opened his mouth. He apologised for intruding,
>>>>and asked if he might have shelter, food and drink on such a stormy
>>>>night., as the rain poured off the eaves.
>>>
>>>The dictates of custom fought with the worry these two strangers knew
>>>each other and bought only trouble to the shelter. So they asked an
>>>open question "Of what sort of person are you?"
>>
>>
>>They looked at each other, wondering who would speak first.
>
>While round them the atmosphere chilled - and it was not the storm
>doing this. The second stranger, already nervous enough to ask for
>hospitality rather than take it by right, gave in to the cold audience
>first:
>
>"I have been many things, Prince and Pauper, ..."
The audience looked at each other.
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Peter
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