I first started capturing her storytelling using the video mode on our digital camera, around about April, but she soon refused to let me film her. So I tried writing her stories while she told them, using pen and paper. That lasted for only a few stories too, before she caught on. Since then, I've been recording her using a mini MP3 recorder, which is pretty unobtrusive, and transcribing the audio later. She then objected strongly to this as well... Nowadays I use a combo of MP3 and video to record her before transcribing. I only manage to record a fraction of the stories she tells. I always have a backlog of stories on the recorder that still need transcribing, as it's impossible for me to keep up with her. To help new readers, I've marked my favourite stories with a star (*), so at least you have somewhere to start if you don't know where to begin. Don't forget to check the older archives too - there are some gems in there as well!

Thursday 13 September 2007

Watch out for the Predators, 2007-08-29

Yet another from the 10 in one day recordings.


We have to be watch out from it! Because it might be (indecipherable phrase).

“Quick, quick! Start!” they started and everybody geared up and stamped their feet, “Welcome!!... to the final place.” Because there were no time to lose. But Aladar says, “QUICK! WE HAVE TO FIND IT!”

But there was, there were no (indecipherable). There was birds flying in the eastern world, and dinosaurs walking on the land and Corythosaurus was there too. But he was not looking out for land because, “WATCH OUT!!! LAND!!!!” because he called, “THERE MIGHT BE PREDATORS THERE COMING BEFORE YOU! AND THERE MIGHT BE DINOSAURS COMING BEFORE YOU! WATCH OUT!!! WATCH OUT FOR THAT THINGY!” He said, he said this, Lambeosaurus didn’t say anything.

He said, “I didn’t know that there was predators there! I will watch out for them,” he said.

He KEPT OUT the PREDATORS, “SEE YOUR BODY SAFE AND SOUND! So they will, they will keep just carefully”. He beated and beated and beated, until the ducks heard it and they quacked and then quacking, but they didn’t came near him, Lambeosaurus.

The FARAWAY in the island where he wanted to go up there but Lambeosaurus was, “Can I go up those hills, please? I want to see! Where there, they might be changes coming.”

“To catch you,” said Aladar, “you shouldn’t go there,” he said.

Both of them stood trapped within. “You shouldn’t go there! That is a stranger place. You shouldn’t go there, since they might catch you,” said Aladar.

He didn’t look at his tape, another thing had Aladar. And Corythosaurus didn’t look. “Use your iPod, use it!” Aladar, Cook, Lambeosaurus, Corythosaurus, Cook, Push, Pish, Poock, Pik, Kit, Zaing, Cook.... Kit, Push, Cook, Kush, Pick, Poock, Cook, Kit, Sheep, Push, Cook, Kik

“There were no time to lose all, no time,” he said. “There were no time, but only them,” he said. Corythosaurus didn’t look but only, hmm... only thingymajiggies, but no answering thingiesmajiggies. But they were hollering through, “WATCH OUT!!!! There might be predators coming before you and might eat you,” he said.

Corythosaurus didn’t know it, but only singing he circled above him. Aww, so many dinosaurs circled above him, and so many thingies and so many munchables(?) was with him, carried to the rescue...

Mother Corythosaurus said, “I rescue you by the predators which hatched with you, by... by the help of nobody,” she said

He said, “I didn’t know that... so long since you were a big... no time”

“How can no time?” Aladar said

“It’s the sun,” he said

“I hate to choose,” then Mother Corythosaurus said

His, Aladar’s New Close (indecipherable), Aladar New Adventure

This made a very new wind, he went right after night, there no time look... this where they lived. This their home where they lived, this is the garden. (Indecipherable).

They circled above him. Every each of them pinched his nose and each of them eat his nose. Look!.... they were smoking... no time didn’t know, they didn’t look. Hmm..... hmph! Then... wolf prints.... hmph... fish prints.... I have to be your mouth (?).... there’s a little girl.... this is the time (indecipherable)... this and that... and all things... and this is the rocky things... (indecipherable phrase)

Cold dark feet and cold dark thingies-a-ma-jiggies... cold dark feet there and so much to like

(Moved away) Aladar didn’t look out. He looked for predators, and looked and looked, because the predators go this... going going going long, but he has to roar for them then they go (indecipherable phrase) they go there. Roar again but they come back! (Indecipherable phrase)

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