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!

Friday 31 August 2007

Aladar tells another story, 2007-08-28**

This story is unusual because suddenly out of the blue she addresses daddy who is recording her. It seems she has suddenly developed a keen awareness of telling a story for an audience! Perhaps this is closely related with her sudden change of heart 2 days ago about wanting us to record her, from previously hating to be recorded! (Ref. Useful context of these stories)


The story is still told by Aladar, and includes a lovely characterisation of voices in the conversation between Joey the baby kangaroo and the dinosaurs.

LISTEN TO THIS STORY HERE


Tracks behind Corythosaurus.... Tracks behind Corythosaurus!... Illustrations by B.Watten(?)... Ladybird (she likes to imitate how I always read the title, illustrator and publisher’s names when we read together... usually author too.., but not this time apparently)

There no time after the dinosaurs died, near to the new adventure of Corythosaurus and Edmontosaurus

She was sitting all over the grass, then the whole ground was shaking with fear

Then the house goed inside the sea and so much everything, it’s too much BIG meteorites came near them, and they swimmed in the sea and tried to run away from them

“Edmontosaurus, are you doing it???” he turned the page, then lift his face and go out from there, that place, then walked away

“See Edmontosaurus? He’s so bad.” He walked away, and then said nothing

And no, NO! Now the Edmontosaurus walked away... it’s trouble... leaving them behind

A dwarf new hill, spend lot of time going other side... the hill didn’t seem awful to them

Aladar leave the woods, the grass was so long... Aladar didn’t mind nobody got a bath, because he liked the grass, so long, and so growing and... the germs didn’t answer anything, but only the Joey... the kangaroo Joey answered something, “(High squeaky voice) My highness, whose eye is that? My arm destroyed... someone have to save me from here... the dinosaurs are destroyed... I’m not sick,” so said the Joey

“I will help you,” said Dimorphodon, “I will help you”

“(High squeaky voice again) Please save me! After yourself... (indecipherable) help, help, help,” they said (indecipherable)

“(High voice) So much here”

Aladar said, “No! Not really... Stegosaurus, would you help the Joey... he’s sad, and only one at the back... can you help him?”

“(High squeaky voice) I’m telling you, urgent, someone have to help me... help, help, help, help,” said the Joey, “someone have to help me! Help, help! (Indecipherable) someone have to help by saving me, help!”

It’s the voice said, “Can the mommy do,” kangaroo said, “I will help you! Baby Joey”

[Suddenly turns her attention on daddy who’s recording her: “Do you want the next? The next page... do you want me to turn the page?... Do you like this story?...

(Starts story again) There were no time (turns on daddy again) Do you, do you like this story or ya you don’t? This story I’m reading now! Do you like it or do you don’t like it?

(Daddy): I like it]

(Continues story)

There were no time but only, only things... there were no time, but only a lesson came later

[Turns on daddy again: Do you like it? Do you like this story??

Daddy: I like this story

B: No, this Maiasaura one, do you like it or you don’t like it?

D: I like it, you continue with it]

(Continues story)

There were no time, but only a dinosaur came near them

Then all the dinosaurs boomed out, then they, then Joey said, “(High squeaky voice) Someone have to help me, help! Help! Help!”

There were no time...

So they got mom and things and other thingies but they were not so long

There were no time but only a boom, then there was a.. there no time but, there were no time to look outside the night

Then it Maisaura, singing around them

“So, do you want to start again?” said Aladar

“Yes, I like to! Pleeeeease!”

More dino deaths, 2007-08-28

LISTEN TO THIS STORY HERE


They haven’t do it, they looked outside Corythosaurus open new window, after

The nineold open plain of the vultures

There were no time but only (indecipherable)

“After, Cook, behind,” Corythosaurus asked, “no time did they look outside, Cook, after?”

“Look behind, Corythosaurus, do you want in?”

Illustrations by Ladybird

So, dinosaurus looked in, Contents

They haven’t do it before the time of trying to eat someone

AFTER the nineold open (indecipherable) of them all, there were no time but only (drops voice) a second, of the noise came near, came near them,

Then ALL THE DINOSAURS BOOMED OUT from the sky

There was no time, but only... Aladar and the candlestick

There was no time but only a drink(?), Aladar with the candlestick boomed out from the sky and into the sea, but there were no check, no checking out, but only this, but no time

There were no time, but only dinosaurs

But there was a BOOM, then all the boom came, then the boom disappeared, to an open nine...hill got.. no dinosaurs or no nothing

Nothing else but only meteorites, (indecipherable)

There no time, or nothing else came, and then only dirt came, only eastern weather

There were no time but, WAKE UP, WAKE UP!

(Daddy: ya, no time for what?)

No time but, no time for Styracosaurus, no time for the others too

They was late, they running out from time, the clock was running out from time, then they were were late!

They goed kicking, and set in.. it’s so late it (indecipherable), it was scary there

After the boom came, came nearer to them, then after lighting came to the scene!

Listen to the sea then, no nothing was there

A boom, aNOTHER BOOM came!! Then all the dinosaurs died... then... they swim to the sea!

Then, then pteranodon, trapped within then, going into the sea then.. everybody hided! Into the sea and the BOOM came nearer to the sea and everbody DIED!!!!!!

Then.. some... everybody died!!! And iguanodon have to help the others! Then, everybody had to die!!!!

It’s it’s it’s the end!

It’s the end already

Meet the Cooks, 2007-08-28

She has named her large yellow ball with a smiley face on it Cook. He suddenly appears in a story here, along with other members of the Cook family...

Listen to her tell this story HERE


There no time left, no time left

Nook behind... nook behind Cook, nook behind Cook! Aladar New Adventure!

P. Cook. Aladar’s New Adventure. Contents. Page Five, Then He Looked Outside.

Page Six, The Sea Serpent Came. Page Eight, He Didn’t Look Outside. Page Ten.

No time did it, no time did it, but he was not a valley person, but he was not looking out

So, there was no time to lose in, out, Corythosaurus (indecipherable), no time, but only only Jeck, Jeck the Cook

He was not, he was not looking out, but that was the name of him, of his new brother, and he was Cook behind Kowup(?)

Corythosaurus bought it from him (indecipherable)

He liked it, but not for long, he didn’t like it three, that he bought from his friend, Cook Josh

Corythosaurus was not looking out, but only when he was looking and he was sick

But not in time, no no no no, no no no no no no no, no no no no NO NO NO NO!! The End!

Thursday 30 August 2007

Nine and Nineold, 2007-08-28

Her obsession with death themes continues...


I asked her about her use of the phrase "nine old" - I had thought that's what it was, but she said it's not - it's supposed to be a proper noun she's made up, so technically it should be "nineold"(?) - anyway, she says it's a type of dinosaur she's made up, but from the story below (and also others) apparently there are many different things that are "nineold" as well...


Listen to Bethany tell this story HERE


Aladar was not looking outside the outer open window when after he (indecipherable) only he was looking, he keeped looking after the nineold dinosaurs came nearer to them

And T-rex said, “I didn’t know that, I go near nine! It’s so nice, where do you get this place from?” he said

“It from a nineold lonely sea serpent”

Weather was very good, the sea’s not so long bad, but the bad one died because of the good one, and that one they have seen before, this one it died already, the bad one

So they died and things and died of.. behind Corythosaurus

They didn’t take care, but only for a second they didn’t die!

It’s in the water, but it ran away

They had a fight, then all the dinosaurs died

Then the fight came nearer to them, but only a, only a nine cook came nearer

After they have listen to me, don’t do work! We go

There no time but only losing, but they were no leaves

A noise didn’t came near them

There no time to lose, after the nineold open plain of the vultures came near them

There were no time but only working

They were only working but no... dimorphodon

After they get a (indecipherable), there were no dimorphodon or nothing else, but only, only them

They didn’t look out, back in...

There no time to lose in outside, after Aladar’s New Adventure came near them, it’s already 11 o’clock and everybody has to wake up

“I’m behind... I’m behind, we’re not looking out!”

“I see a tree was nine”

“We’re not looking out”

Only he was looking out, Aladar! He said, “I didn’t know that! That’s a really good Tickles!”

Tickle was looking out, but it was not looking at the others

There were no time but only a night... a night full of dinosaurs and full of mommies and full of other things that I.. I didn’t know, after flying around

(Indecipherable) flew in by night and mommies that were (indecipherable) their baby, of her baby

Her baby didn’t go by horseback, her baby did goes in, go by herself

Then they looked out, but not so much

Only dinosaurs lived, and there... there were no humans... saw some with the land, was no time but, when the dinosaurs, humans came

There was no time but only one sticking out, there was no time but something sticking out, the one (indecipherable) Triceratops

There arose after morning, it was daylight and it... it descended after when, after reading it

They really descended, to go there looking, after reading it

After they told Parasaurolophus already!!!

No, Parasaurolophus was not there

Aladar's letter, 2007-08-28

After clearing the backlog of stories from a couple of weeks back, I started recording again 2 nights ago. This is the first of those stories. I have a couple more recordings from the night of the 28th, then NINE recordings from the 29th alone! I thought I'd try following her around all day and recording every story she told.. there were actually 3 more, making it a total of TWELVE stories that she told on the 29th of August alone (13 including one on video), talk about manic intensity! - one that didn't record properly because daddy wasn't familiar with the recording device ;) and two more that Bethany said she didn't want me to record because they were "not ready" and "bad stories"!

All these stories continue with Aladar in the role of storyteller.

LISTEN TO THIS STORY HERE


“So, Aladar was writing a letter for his friend... you know his friend... it’s Koch Ick Kosh

(To herself) The number at is this one... hundred two is his friend’s page!

He got a book that he can show Corythosaurus his friend, and his book!

His friend is... I show to (indecipherable)... this one! His friend is Cook Behind! And his children is Push Ook... and his brother is... that is the the name of his brother! His brother is... I don’t know the name, but he’s a baby

Aladar’s also a baby, but even tinier, like... Compsognathus

“Dear old friend, I declare you to come to my highness please..

Dear old friend, I declare you to come to my highness please... no time you have it, no time... but I want you to listen, please”

“I’mmmm there...does to be to highness please”

“Never, never, never, never,” said Aladar, “I want to do gently out,” said he

“I declare you to come on to my highness please... because someone is sick, that why I’m helping him already. Dear old friend, (suddenly sings loudly) MEH NIGH DA DOO GAH!”

Aladar didn’t hear that singing before, out Aladar knew too then who was (rustling) GET OUT a pair of shoe pins

So, Aladar was not looking out first, he was not looking out after, after the... I got no bookmark

So, Aladar was not looking out for the pages, but only for a nine, a nine for something else

Chapter Three: They looked outside, Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus window was not looking out

So, Aladar was not looking out for.. for for Wizards and Pigs after the nine known open plain.. the vultures going after him, and dark near here and hills and dark narrow havens and horses..

This is Aladar, and Camarasaurus... Camarasaurus came

“Aladar, are you not looking outside in (indecipherable)”

Aladar didn’t answer, “Get out!” Then didn’t answer anything

Wednesday 29 August 2007

Useful context of these stories

The whole bunch of stories that I just finished transcribing and posting are all told within the context of Aladar as the storyteller. Sometimes Aladar interacts with his immediate environment, other times he interacts with his own story. It is helpful to keep this in mind when reading the stories...

She's recently become less antagonisitic towards the recorder, she actually said "record me" today! I had hoped to finish transcribing the recorded backlog by tonight so I can start recording new ones tomorrow at least! I managed to finish transcribing whatever I have in MP3 format, but will have to leave those we caught on video until tomorrow...

We discovered she associates storytelling from certain books with certain stories. She told us today that an old envelope she's set aside contains the new story of Lambeosaurus and Aladar, that Aladar's writing a letter to send to Lambeosaurus with his story in it, but that the black book (I think she means the Stephen Hawking book she's been using) contains the story of Corythosaurus' adventures and that a little book she borrowed from the library about dinosaurs contains an assortment of short stories. She also pretends that some of her books have icons, like on a computer, that you can press to hear a story! Our bird watching book is one that she treats like this.

Transcribing these stories keeps me chuckling, some of the lines are hilarious
So, “(sings) My majesty, your night.. it’s of Stegosaurus, you’re top of your line, my lungs is not in my mouth.. and I don’t look outside...”
She's still on Aladar's new adventures, even today - so it's been a good 2 weeks on this theme. There's lots of discontinuity in the stories, although the main themes are intact. One story in particular caught my attention - they were all in heaven apparently! Supposedly after the meteor hit and they all died - I didn't even know she understood the concept! I've never talked to her about it really... I guess she picks up more from the church services than i realized... she hasn't been to Sunday School in ages, so it can't be from there, besides I don't think they even talked about it in SS
He goed away for a second, then he came back, and then, “I want to just tell you something... is this an alive place???”
“Yeah, but it’s not so long leave BEHIND!!!”
Aladar’s New Heaven...
(Excerpt from The Night of the Dinosaur’s Serpent, 2007-08-12)

They may have dinosaurs... 2007-08-12

He looked, at two hands... there was marshlands, it shout new heavens, says God’s left hand... my hand.... down no heavens... and leaves, and trees... all around them... and the king said, “(in a whisper) we have to be quiet.... they may have dinosaurs...”

The main did they look, they offered to the dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs just said... kill

The dinosaurs all say..... kill

They looked out, they looked out... nobody there.... the icon!!!..... the icons didn’t look well...

And there was icons, and there were a tree and... forest!

They walked through the forest, but they... stegosaurus didn’t heard a noise... in the grassy land... of the country, in that country he heard something there!! That disgusting thing! Goed in the dark then Maiasaura didn’t see it... after four seconds Maiasaura didn’t look... look at it

So they didn’t look at it, but read it...

But it was not so long, but a creature... big, but it think it was so small, but can’t hardly sit... page... the leg was too small for it to walk... and it sat down and said, “(singing) I’M ALADAR, I’M A GIANT NOW, HEESA ZINE AH ZINE NO”, because it only can sing, but he said, “(singing) BEE ZUH ZINE AH”

They singed (indecipherable)... hand was little lick... because... on his hand was bunch of (indecipherable)

The creature was big and small, but his mommy will..will take care of it

When before the dinosaurs died out that is... pale as white...

Heh... heh heh heh... (singing) walkie walkie walkie walkie walk

The king didn’t show his face and the... creature.... but they were not so long...

Corythosaurus said, “(whispering) They might need to be”

The dinosaurs didn’t look yet... (indecipherable sentence)

That morning, after breakfast... they... they, they...

Aladar led a (indecipherable), but it was not so sharp like Corythosaurus one

Well... where is it?...

(She was reading this from a Nature magazine, and at this point came across a picture of a decapitated shark... which of course threw her completely off...)

Koish is another dinosaur, 2007-08-12

Koish Behind, Koish Light

Aladar was not looking out in his open window

Of all the species, Aladar looked and looked and looked

And looked and looked and looked

He couldn’t see nothing!!

He couldn’t see anything!!!

Then he went down and seed something

Something moving, IT’S REALLY MOVING!!!! IT WAS A NON-KOISH!!!

He said, “No”

For a second it moved a bit! THEN THERE WERE FOUR LEGGED, AND IT DIDN’T MOVE!!! AND IT MOVED AND MOVED AND MOVED!! To to... to him

IT WAS REALLY ALIVE! AND THERE WAS STEGOSAURUS!

And Stegosaurus PITCHED! THEN HE COINED AND HE GOT!!! And then Aladar said no.

He didn’t say no.

At first the stuff moved, it really moved!

But Stegosaurus didn’t talk anything, Aladar didn’t talk anything too... they both didn’t talk anything

Afterwards they already looked, it a nine old... it really moved

That morning after breakfast, they had to cook, so Stegosaurus couldn’t go out, then in some country named Jeeg, for him and friend that I don’t know

Corythosaurus New Adventures

Aladar's New Adventure, 2007-08-12

So, Aladar had a CARD! (Whispers) Where is it?

SO, Aladar was not looking outside of his open window, outside you can see the book of the four pictures

No, not looking outside the window at Corythosaurus New Adventure, that June...

Aladar was not listening, but who he listening outside his window

At first Tyrannosaurus had a card, then Triceratops had a card too

(Whispers) Where was it?

Who is going with us?

So... where was it?

Index....

SO... place behind Aladar’s new... place is ninety seven... SO!... Aaah! (munching sound, although she’s not eating!)

Aladar was not looking outside his open dark window

T-Rex was not looking outside his open... no... his open new window, at first (whispers) up there!!

The others were not looking outside

Aladar was not looking outside the open window

The New Adventures... left present, it was before their time

In that at nine... Aladar’s bookmark

Aladar was not looking outside in his open window, but Aladar’s book, he got a bookmark, but that one not a bookmark, it’s in another one

At first he could figure there was only one, there was a shadow like a dinosaur

“Only mine! You, you can’t see yours... where in look and see a human one, you can see only a dinosaur’s shadow or a human’s shadow”

At first you can see your shadow in a book but not, not a bookmark

So, “(sings) My majesty, your night.. it’s of Stegosaurus, you’re top of your line, my lungs is not in my mouth.. and I don’t look outside...”

And I didn’t know of Stegosaurus...

Aladar’s New Adventure!

Aladar was not looking outside, since after his new adventure

Place behind Aladar’s New Adventure!

Corythosaurus was not looking out for predators, they were just looking for the writing out back, place behind close behind hiding behind place behind Aladar’s new adventure!

Corythosaurus... this is already stuck... this is already stuck

That’s alright! Aladar was not looking at the word, he was just looking outside forever where a little bit... I just remembered something in this book!

The Night of the Dinosaur’s Serpent, 2007-08-12

Aladar wouldn’t even play football, after the noon Aladar leave the court, then begin to run after the nine known dinosaurs, be

CONTENTS, they were looking at... twice they knew, speaking a funny voice, caught page one

Index, by Peesh, Chapter Seven

Just Peesh... The Night of the Dinosaur’s Serpent

Then Aladar did go to the serpent, page two

Get behind Aladar’s new adventure, page six

Index, by Peesh, page one

Aladar was not looking outside in his open new window, after the nine known dinosaurs then came

Aladar lived, so long he lived behind a nine old dark hole, there have hidden a... a... nine known dinosaurs page, where they have hidden his, put every dinner(?) he where his house, then he boast after the nine known dinosaurs came, the others begin to look out

After the other one begin to look, the others began to look outside of the black crown of the lions, of Corythosaurus, Aladar... Aladar was not looking outside

Corythosaurus knew, hippo and then Aladar new next adventure!

Aladar was not looking outside at his open window just now

It was the Serpent that was looking out, for who watch a Sea Serpent

Aladar was not looking for the Sea Serpent, but he just looking for something in the sea, not the Sea Serpent, the Sea Serpent went off

Just now he see the Sea Serpent, yesterday... it’s COME NEARER!!

It was coming nearer to him, but it went off the journey, to find he he his tank door

His hand is the, the others were not so long lived, is a... I is known down heaven, that I have hidden his BOAT!! On nine away

There is a GAP, that building! At the top of his head... became a nine old Sea Serpent, and he tried to run!

There CAME a night old BANG! Then they saw it, then they tear the book!

Aladar was not looking outside, it’s Chapter Two, they looked

And there was another king looking out in his window, he was doing something, reading his favourite book of all, this some pictures... you can only tell book of pictures, his FAVOURITE book! Of all the dinosaurs, HE GOT A FAVOURITE BOOK!!!

(Mommy: “what’s it about?”)

Uhm, it’s about a rocket ship!! It’s SO BIG! And you can IMAGINE IT!!! SO CAN BLAST OFF WITH IT, AND IT’S SO BIG AND SO STRONG, IT MIGHT FLY OFF!!! IT MIGHT WITHOUT YOU!!

IT’S A MAGICAL ROCK! IT’S A MAGIC ROCK!!! SO YOU CAN’T GO IN IT, BECAUSE IT’S A MAGIC ROCK!

I will not live with the pictures, but it.. it was not, it was to swim inside it but, but there was a human inside it

BOTH! And the others of species of ALEGISAURUS, others that didn’t have a book

See, but Aladar had a book of his favourite ones

Just now Triceratops said, “A lone man, came with a shaggy beard... I’m not talking to him”

“His pen”

“Yeah, but his pen didn’t go away after the nine old T-REX came near him

He said, ‘I won’t see you! If you come near me, I will BITE just bite you, with my tail, and I will WHACK you with with, with with with with with my tail and uh, you might DIE!!!! Because I’m a predator. I can fight all the aliens away from me! Because I’m a predator!”

Don’t kill me. Don’t talk about that Aladar! Said to T-rex, “don’t talk about a man!!!”

The man isn’t dead!

Nah! Don’t like! Don’t like this stuff... go away T-rex! You’re so funny!

“Alright!” said T-rex, “I’ll go away”

He goed away for a second, then he came back, and then, “I want to just tell you something... is this an alive place???”

“Yeah, but it’s not so long leave BEHIND!!!”

Aladar’s New Heaven... where the well, he almost finished the song...

But where’s the bookmark? There’s the bookmark...

So what happened to Aladar was, was that Aladar’s New Adventure came nearer

Then then a old man came, with a long shaggy beard, he came to his bare feet, then then another dinosaur came, and then it was Car, so that one his car, but it was a Talking Car, but who is it? Who who are the creatures that died? Who are the creatures by this car? Who is this car?

(Mommy: “The King?”) No!

(Mommy: “Lightning”) No! He’s not a talking... he’s he’s so red, and he don’t got a number and he’s not a racing car, who is he? He don’t got a number, who is he?”

(Mommy: “Ramone?”) No, he’s so red and he’s not a racing car, who is he?

(Mommy: “Ramone?”) He, he got a horn and he DON’T get up

(Mommy: “Mack?”) No, he... who is he?

(Mommy: “I don’t know”) He is, who is he.... I looking for the name.... I looking for the creature’s car name... AH! He is... he’s here... his name is here... Dark Heaven(?) twice behind Aladar’s New Adventure.... so... where were... where were....

So, Aladar’s New Adventure

Aladar was not looking outside of his open dark window, but it’s behind Aladar’s New Adventure

He, he begin, ANOTHER creature came, if he didn’t talk, talking car

Whose car is the other one?

OUT! DARK NOW... SPECIES OF OWL...

He’s a Talking Car but he’s he’s a racing car

So! Who is the name of the other car... he’s at page number six... page number six seven... can’t find... there’s the one! So I have to go there... it’s this one... the Ages of the Sea Serpent... I think he’s there.... he might be there.... they got no number, if you see something in the Sea Serpent story... this the Sea Serpent story

And they caught by the Sea Serpent, right?

Aladar was not looking outside the open dark window

He had turned the page after he had torn book... options... so THE END!!!!

The End!

Even more Story within the Story, 2007-08-12

Aladar’s New (whispers) Adventure!

He down and he go at the Jurassic Cretaceous Period, at the no one knows what, he lived at the Lone Village (indecipherable) after the witch died... then they help us go there, but the bench died, then Aladar said to Stegosaurus, “Is it not a nice place Tyrannosaurus?”

“Nope”

“Out... out,” said Aladar, “carefully do it,” to Tyrannosaurus

Brachiosaurus came and said, “Maiusaura don’t want you to come too”

“Uh-uh, no...” said Maiasaura, “I got chicken pox, so they not have to help me to get up”

Aladar lived long long ago at the Jurassic Cretaceous period, long long ago, and he lived, the dinosaurs saw... after.... everything lived to (indecipherable), the dinosaurs pulled out, there there

And then he said to Corythosaurus (whispering VERY softly) “You peek there at the dinosaurs, (indecipherable phrase), I’ll wait here, (indecipherable phrase), looking out there till someone (indecipherable phrase)”

They haven’t, eat the pizza.. (??)

“Having now noon, at nine old (indecipherable)”, said Stegosaurus, pulling them back

And Stegosaurus he came too

Said Corythosaurus, “OH! Maybe Stegosaurus can help me”, said Corythosaurus

“He never looked.... us behind, catched me, that night,” Stegosaurus said, to Corythosaurus, “he will catched me tonight, when I looked, see him...Oh! See, are we a there... then we had the last one, after baby’s adventure”

Aladar read a long, long time....

Aladar loved baby’s adventures were not so long, to be heard, peace behind Aladar’s New Adventure... he was reading outside...

He lived long long ago, after the dinosaurs left

The others began to live through time, the dinosaur’s time

He lived long long ago, Aladar know, Jurassic Cretaceous period

After he was a king, the others didn’t...

He lived long long ago, after the Cretaceous period

After the reading, lived his parents, go out in the sunshine

After then, they goed out in sunshine, the others left another small small place where he have hidden his boat

Hold the boat, he haven’t do it before

After the night time, after they were sleeping, he lived twice (indecipherable) then go out

It’s Stegosaurus, after Maiasaura came, they have a moving computer court, then Tyrannosaurus sit down and eat... he eat

After Maiasaura came, she didn’t go near Elasomaur, so far away from the sea...that she go near if she go forward..

AFTER she have eaten some leaves the others began to look outside, they saw eat some leaves

“Chew... good... (indecipherable)”

“Ouch,” said Aladar, “he’s touching me!”
“TWY? Is it?... Do you like Twy?

Twy behind Aladar New Adventure

He lived long long ago, AFTER the dinosaurs lived, after Aladar’s New Adventure

The End!!” said Aladar, “I will not go again (whispers) without (normal voice) the new dinosaurs adventure... I lived happily ever after... The End!!!”

I read all of them!!

Very short story, 2007-08-11

So Aladar led a court for salesgirls, in a shop for Maiasaurus

She big enough to look inside so the baby maiasaura will hatch out too

And they have a dinner... Tyrannosaurus was so (indecipherable) and grab the birds, he was flying the aeroplane... a toy aeroplane, his toy aeroplane

But Stegosaurus was not, he didn’t have a toy aeroplane

At first, at there... the first was flied it outside! Then he GOT IT AGAIN!!!

“Is it off or on?” said Aladar... and then, and he got a... a... a “DIPLODOCUS???... Who’s Diplodocus??” said Aladar

Aladar’s don’t know Diplodocus... Aladar don’t know Diplodocus, Aladar don’t know Diplodocus because Corythosaur didn’t talk to him.... he read a letter to him

Tyrannosaurus, he read a letter to Aladar, of a present for ALADAR... there were four DINOSAURS and there were FOUR CARS! Talking Cars and Talking Dinosaurs... Talking Lemurs too!

And no Talking Lemurs too, and no talking Dinosaurs too!

And no Talking Cars too

There was SO MUCH!!!

The homicidal dinosaur, 2007-08-12

Outside, outside in the north end, there was trees and faraway islands and dark rolling seas and that rivers of their banks

The worries was, was palaeontologists, they (indecipherable) of the dark answers

They, they were looking out... out for predators

But no other, not you should look out for predators

There was always predators in this forest, there was always predators.. always, always predators... there are always predators, always always predators

The dinosaurs they have hidden there, they have hidden their (indecipherable) which out of the woods, it was still alive

It killed everybody, he.. she killed everybody

At first she killed Aladar... she’s a dinosaur, but she killed every dinosaur and every each, every each of the dinosaurs have been killed of her

The next morning she came near them, then where she bit of fighting with them then she died

She died...no more her, said Lightning, said Aladar

‘She gone now... Yippee!’ said all the dinosaurs, ‘she’s gone! No more of her’

She was, she was crying, because she want to, want to be alive and kill everybody so everybody want to be dead! They haven’t be dead before, in a open field, they haven’t yet

Destroyed Aladar’s... Aladar... Aladar’s mercury (?), the mercury (?) to solve the problem of the new adventure

He was so so so (indecipherable) till the ice sun in the black sunshine, then there nothing was sun outside

Aladar tells another story, 2007-08-11

CAME!!!! With a loud bang, then he tried to, tried to get it not to do the banging again

Not too many times, he get his book already then did not bang

He approached, he didn’t make any too much noise... there pushed (then whispers) what in

I pushed what in, was so many break... so many terrified of Aladar

The the next morning, Aladar woke up, and then he saw a bunch of iguanodons coming towards him... they were so big and so tall, and so mighty... they were Aladar’s friends, but they, but they each said there’s Aladar’s New Adventure

Aladar (indecipherable phrase) woke up, then the others, the other iguanodons woke him up! Then he looked... then... there was all the cars coming... there were... Ramone just comed, by he self, it him. The others was sick, because they, they, they were... they got chicken pox

So Ramone came, nearer and nearer, and nearer and nearer and nearer! Till..he saw the... the tree just passing by him.. then they came nearer to him... then they did nothing

He just, he just tried to pick... they didn’t move again

Then he was so not terrified to see everybody... they were not so big like the others, they were not so big as, they were not so big as the, like the others, they were not so big like the others, but so big... but not big as the other cars, the other cars was so big

They were big, so... so big and so (indecipherable), you can’t even see behind of.. of behind

(Sound of changing of her book prop, as she says) I don’t want to read this one, I read this one! So nice! Even I want it!

Aladar want to get out from the now... “Aladar’s New Adventure”

Styracosaurus... Aladar... Protopage... Peesh Out... Ladybird (she’s imitating how I always read book titles, author and illustrator names and publisher are the start of every book)

Aladar was so terrified

Dinosaurs... Diplodocus came nearer and nearer to him, then he get on his back

Then he get on his back, then ride, take a ride, then Diplodocus moved and moved and moved, till the whole (indecipherable) shaking with fear, then he moved...

Then no even sound came from it

He said, “This is an (indecipherable) place, sticking out from his leg”

And give you, I knows you question

This one is, one is.. for the Dawn Treader

Just... the the King... no more... the King... number six

This the Dawn Treader

He know the kiss of the princess

Aladar was still moving and moving and moving

So the whole ground was shaking with fear

He answered him, “so cosy... the whole ground was shaking with fear”

Then the others begin to heard outside... the others were not moving

So that, you too can die...

Noooot yet

This is the other one, the Dawn Treader

Aladar's Magic Goo, 2007-08-12

“ ‘Of the New Adventure’.... I saw it so titled... then get a big keyboard... THEN...

‘(indecipherable phrase) that him who bought a pink keyboard at the top of his head... there was a big round goo at the top of his head, THEN the goo became to be seen in Aladar’s... Aladar’s Magic Goo!! Then it was Aladar’s, Aladar’s Magic Goo... so he, he GOT it, his magic goo.. then, put it out..’ one of, one of the cars said, then he tried to run away

And the goo became, the goo is so angry... he runned away from it, then they will catch it

It was, it was Aladar.... Aladar was, was said no again... he was always said no... at LAST he said NO

He, he was not so happy like the others, the others were not so happy when he died... Aladar he self,” said Aladar, “the Corythosaurus (indecipherable) like died again. Then the others didn’t die... they looked for Aladar and Corythosaurus, where in they go when they died, at the zoo...”

There was so many to tell Aladar, Aladar New Adventure...

“At top of his head, there was a loud bang! He was, he was not scared of the bang because he so big. He was not so big like the others, but when brachiosaurus left... brachiosaurus was not so big like the others... the others were so big and so large they might step on him.

He made a big round goo, whereas the other ones, the others were not a big round goo... the others were just a small little goo... they were serious to catch him

Aladar was, was terrified of these words... he was not so terrified like the others, then they have him a big round goo, and another big round goo, before Aladar said, ‘is this a hungry place?’ said Aladar to Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus said, ‘it’s not a big round pokey place, it’s just a... brachiosaurus place, it’s just brachiosaurus’ place,’ Corythosaurus answered to Aladar, ‘it’s not a big round goo, hungry place’

‘Oh! I thought it was a big round hungry place! Big and goo hungry place!’

At the top of his head, Corythosaurus did a loud bang, at the top of Aladar’s head just now... it was Aladar’s head...”

(Aladar’s internal dialogue?) “This one is?... that one is this one?...there was, the next one is? This one? The next one is this one? This one again? This one is...this one?... there.... this one is... it’s it’s this one? Then this one is, this one... this one is..”

“A New Adventure!!!... Peek at... Aladar....adventure...

‘Aladar... Aladar’s New Adventure’

‘Aladar’s watching today’

Aladar’s, what he say there was in his book, right in his favourite book

‘At top of his head there was a loud bang. It was so many...’ ” (wanders away from the recorder...)

More Story within the Story, 2007-08-11

I asked her about what the first word in this story was – Koick – she said it’s a type of dinosaur (that she invented), a long-necked carnivore that eats plankton and small dinosaurs... so on with the story...

Koick...Koicke... do you know Koicke?

Can you look outside at the noise so far away? Further, further away?

Hmm... Aladar know you lying...

At the top of Aladar’s head there came a loud bang. It was Lightning! He came, he came...

“What?”

Aladar came... with Corythosaurus, THEN....Pachy came and BONKED everybody with a loud cheer

Then they will slip away yet, with.. with someone new.... who is it?

“Who was that??”

“I know who was it!!!” (runs a distance away) “it’s him!!” (shouts) “him, him him! Him!”

Corythosaurus was looking out there, of Aladar’s playroom window

At first Aladar set his icon, he woke up at a day at (indecipherable) he had a drum stick. He was, he was alone till three of us was not sick anymore, but he was sick at noon time

“Well.... SO.... where was it? .... Oh, it was, where was it? Did it say where were we?..... Where were we?.....Oh, it was here! So... where were they?... Aladar, are you doing it? Looking out a.. where were we?..... Aladar, are you doing looking out inside the real world?”

They were looking outside at Aladar’s playroom window

At first, Aladar thought to be (indecipherable, followed by whispering)

(Indecipherable phrase), he should pay the man three dollars, to pay the money bank... he should pay the money bank, three dollars, to to to to pay Aladar’s First Adventure!

Maybe Aladar was Dreaming, 2007-08-11

“Aladar’s Adventure. Contents!... I’m going to read this one, I’m going to read this one”

Once upon a time, there lived a owl who speaked, “this is a frying pan!”

And they have no English or no, no Chinese, but he have English (indecipherable)

“That word language, do you know that? Do anybody know that?”

“No! Nobody knows that!”

“But he knows.. everything”

“Some Chinese and English, or something like... she can do it or he can, or you can go down to park, or you can go in that deep hole, or you can go to get a light mouse, or maybe she will so...he can, he can see both those languages. So much, and it, it might kill everything, or he can lose, or maybe peek... Aladar’s New Adventure! You... Aladar’s pond died or..”

“He, no Aladar’s busy, pitching out his (makes a series of silly loud sounds, 4-5 seconds), maybe something goes thump thump thump thump, or maybe Aladar’s New Adventure!”

Maybe think that will know he’s in a FRYING PAN and he said, “I DON’T WANT THE OWL, I DON’T WANT A OWL!!” said he, “I, I want the iPod, I want the iPod, I don’t want to eat rats! I don’t want to eat rats!” Aladar was so tired, maybe he was dream...of, of Aladar’s Adventure!

He was a king, well...Aladar said, “No, I’m not a king! I’m a swish...swish swish dinosaur!”

The End!!!

Aladar catches a cold, 2007-08-11

(A to himself) “Aladar’s Adventure.... Contents... Aladar’s catch... catch cold... Aladar’s Catching Cold”

Then Corythosaurus came, “Why are you catching cold Aladar?”

“Because of my chicken pox”

“Please don’t go out until better”

“But, not really...”

“See? You are so sick.....oh, he’s vomit...”

Aladar said, “Is this another page?

‘Then Aladar (indecipherable)’, said Aladar to Corythosaurus, ‘it’s another page, in another book, six four seven,’ Aladar said, ‘I will go there to find (indecipherable),’ said Aladar an iguanodon, ‘page filled, Corythosaurus, now it’s coming ending’”

Then Corythosaurus said, “Why are you get my, from my smell?” (Indecipherable)

“Chapter of the Legs. There was Pete, Chapter One, They looked. Aladar was looking for his friends”

After he, he didn’t all pretend, Aladar said, Corythosaurus said to write down, “is this not your looking? Are you looking for your pen or your pencil?”

“Yes, my toy pen, that I can draw so much, after my drink”

After dinner Aladar first in line for... to Corythosaurus playroom, then one of his humans delivered, said “Only one can help, only one...”

“And do you remember? Is Aladar doing it?”

“Aladar’s looking for his pen first”

Then Aladar said, “Is this something looking outside? For my little hook by the bench?”

He was looking for his pen

(Whispering)

“Aladar said, ‘I have a big Bible”, THEN a loud STORM came at top of Corythosaurus HEAD, THEN it BOOMED a bit, then it GET OUT!!! Like a big POP’ (Paper rustling) ‘SPLASH!’

THEN a, a WIND came, then BLEW THEM DOWN, then they bonked it (mumbles)

(Rustling paper sound) Then there Aladar and the others, THEN aNOTHER ONE came! That means... wind came and blew them down!! Because they will CRACK! Them, and they said, ‘HUH!!!....this here....’

Sunday 26 August 2007

The Story within the Story, Part 4 - 2007-08-11**

This one makes it really clear what she's been doing these past few stories, about the two levels of dialogue going on between Aladar and the story he's telling/writing/reading and Aladar and his friends. I can't believe how convoluted her storytelling has become!

Colour coding: Black is the shell story, of Aladar and his friends. Blue is the story being told by Aladar.

"Aladar’s New Adventures"

“Aladar, I’m leaving now. Aladar, are you ready?”

“No, Corythosaurus is ready”

“Sorry, I said Aladar is ready”

“I thought Aladar was sleeping?”

Aladar said, “In a moment..”

There was a pause and Corythosaurus said, “Oink?... Do you understand me?”

“Maybe Camarasaurus will help. To help you...”

“Oh! Sorry...she is sick...”

“Oh... sorry! We thought she was well”

“Can’t quite eat,” said Corythosaurus

“I went out for another adventure! Aladar’s New Adventure!” said Aladar. “My new adventure is catching out Aladar’s Corythosaurus Adventure, Aladar’s New Adventure!” he said softly, in his book.

“Said Deinonychus and find and, and help Parasaurolophus to get out from the meteorite. He used, have used, long long ago”, then Aladar said, writing a note in his book

“You were reading it. I am a car, who am I?” Aladar shouted out, “Aladar’s New Lightning Adventure!” He Aladar, writing the note of his book.

He was writing a note in his book. “They were at the center, who in the Eastern world, at Aladar’s New Adventure over at Archenland!”

For a minute or two Aladar said, “Are you bored? Are you buyed it?”

“First, Aladar... Pete”

“Pete? Who’s Pete?”

“Pete is Aladar’s New Adventure find helper, Pete can help things? Help anybody to get home again?”

“That wasn’t Aladar New Adventure. It is at long long ago and at (indecipherable) at Aladar’s new Adventure?”

“ALADAR!! NO!” said Corythosaurus

“That small things to be worried about,” said Aladar

Corythosaurus said, “No, not really. Camarasaurus will help Aladar to get up”

“Sorry, he got chicken pox, he got (indecipherable)..... he can’t help”

“Sorry,” said Corythosaurus, “I thought he was well”

“Sorry,” said Corythosaurus, “seems he’s not doing it, every day and night time, he is getting out, pitching out fever, and got chicken pox... everyday, at at noontime”

And Tyrannosaurus Rex come in the evening, at long long ago, at June. June, June that night.

“IS IT INSIDE?” said Corythosaurus

“Is is is, is the crumb inside our car?” Aladar said, in a turned voice

Corythosaurus spied on him, said “No, you can’t see it!” said Corythosaurus

Then he started going our way... “It’s... Aladar...”

“A car.... is it, is it our car? That don’t talk, don’t talk! I meant we have a talking car, and not a real car that don’t talk... we have only a talking car. Who is it?”

“I don’t know,” said Corythosaurus

“ALADAR!!!!!!!” said, said Corythosaurus shouting for him, “ARE YOU READY???”

“NO!!!!”

He was so slow, till Aladar’s New Adventure Came, at the night of Aladar’s New Adventure

“ALADAR!” said Corythosaurus, pitching out the icons at you

“CORYTHOSAURUS!”

“Aladar... not really... a night turned new..”

“1 2 3” Aladar said, (indecipherable)

“BLAST OFF!!!!” said Corythosaurus, “I win!”

They were playing a game, and Aladar said, “I’m (indecipherable) my tail... a little, little bit” Aladar thought for a moment, then he have a idea, how to find Parasaurolophus at the meteorites

“I know! Let’s ask Aladar to win!” Corythosaurus said

“Why, I know! He’s not just getting up yet, he’s just getting up... but he’s still in bed, in his pyjama pants”. He put his clothes on Aladar’s cake.

“Peace”

“There’s a talking car coming! Let me talk with car, it was Pike”

“Who’s Pike?”

“Hmmm.... who’s Pike?..... hmmm, who is it?......”

“Who is it?.... Who is Pete?... Pete? Pete? Pete is... who is Pete?...” (whispering)

“Aladar? Are you looking outside? To Aladar’s New Adventure? Two cars? All they say, understand why...”

“Yes, he was talking..” (whispering)

The Story within the Story, Part 3 - 2007-08-10*

Still continuing the previous storytelling mode and instalments... two levels of dialogue: the first between Aladar and his friends, and the second the story that Aladar is telling/writing/reading


The New Adventures of Aladar!!!

“Yippee Ya Ya Yippee Yippee Yaa!”

“Daaad, I sing like that! Alright, I will sing something else!”

Then he went out, to find anybody to sing to him

THEN his buddy didn’t sing, THEN he singed long, long time ago at noon time at the pine trees

He was a king long, long ago

“To the king... at sea he knew nine,” he singed

“You know that?” said Aladar, “at noon time, he lived in the trees, long long ago. He was a king, that he singed,” said Aladar to heself

“AHH! ALADAR!!” said Aladar

His face looked... he was looking for his friend in the forest long time ago when he was king

He climb at the trees long, long ago also

But he was... long, long ago he was a king

“The king can’t find the leaf that got spines on it... can you work out that?”

“Good job!!!” They find the other leaf that got so many spines on it

“Can you worked out it?”

“Ya!” that looked for it... they looked for it

“You know already the pine tree that got lot of spines? Which one is it?”

“Good job!!! You find it!” “(Whispers) That’s the one!”

“Can you look at the other one? That not have spines on it? Can you work out it?”

“Yup! Which one is it?”

“Is this the one? Got so many spines? In it?”

“Good job!!!... You found it! Can you find the other one, got no spines on it? Can you work out it?”

“Yes! Yes we can!”

“Can you find it? Which is the one got no spines in it?..... Good job!!!! You found it! Can you find another one? There’s one left! Find another one...”

“Another one? Another what? Another what????” says, says Aladar, looking at a spell throughout the book, “there no leaves in it, not a pine book!”

“OH, ALRIGHT! He says it was a pine book,” says Aladar, looking at the book and turning the pages
“(shocked sound) look! Look, it got no words on it! No words... not either here, not either here!”

“ALADAR!...are you just pretending to read?”

“In here.... P!!!! Peach.... peach tree... it’s P... P?.... The nine tree of (inaudible whisper).... is it book about trees??? Everyday? And night time?.... At night time I saw a bat, flying through what they see... eating the fruit, from the trees.... and our house... yesterday, at night time”

“I came... THEN.. and a huge storm came, and BLOWED US AWAY from our house, then we got a iPod.... then, the storm hit the iPod, then it flew everything away... then we tried to get it again, but it flew in the rain off...”

“Now... then we GOT to get that while, even our iPod...”

“Won’t get iPod...”

“Then we... we give yours to burn mine?”

“Yes, I wanted to see something.... a video of myself, and flower game”

“Is it a flower game? Do I have a flower book? And a flower video? And a flower.... by the.... flower card game????”

“But I don’t have!... Then I kept, and I got a Car video, and I will put it on the flower show!”

And I put it on the flower show

And I put it, then he got put on, on the Car Show

He put it again there, then he walked away, then it was spoiled, then you can’t watch it anymore!!!

THEN a loud storm and and it get his video and his TV and his flowers... then they swimmed away

Then aNOTHER ONE came, the it was... house it was FLOODED in water

THEN deinosuchus came! Then the deinosuchus DESTROYED the book! And the TV and the video! And the SHOWS!

Then it’s SITTING HERE....

Then it’s getting away!

Then it get on his chin, then it get on his mouth

Then it get on your ears, then it get on your cheeks

Then it get on your eyes and your eyebrows and your, and your lips, and your tongue

And your shirt, and your iPod, and your fingers and your hands

And, and, and your pants and your shoes

And, and, and you handy thing that I don’t know and your FOOT!!!

And there was water all over the place

The Story within the Story, Part 2 - 2007-08-10*

This story continues the approach of the former, and includes two levels of dialogue, between Aladar and his friends, and the dialogue within the story that Aladar is writing/reading.


“Aladar’s Adventure, Long, long ago....”

Sitting there, “Are you ready?”

Said Aladar, “See another icon, say how old... at long, long ago...” said at “however, where’s the king?”

“Yes!” said Aladar, “I’m ready. What do you want from me?”

“I want something! I have to told you... do you want to go to the swimming pool or not?”

“Oh no.....” said, said, said, said Aladar, “I don’t want to! Because she ordered.”

“Do you want to go to the playground swimming pool? Or the playground? Or stay home?”

“Home.....”

“Yes! We’re doing home”

Then Aladar said, “No way, I don’t want to go home. I want to do something else.”

“Then what??”

“Uhm... well, something Aladar’s new adventure came,” said Aladar, “my new adventure. I go to a new adventure”

“Aladar’s New Adventure, at Noon Time”

“I know I can wear it,” said Aladar

“Yeah... oh no, oh nooo,” said Aladar, “oh no!”

“Ignore it!”

“Run away!”

“Aladar!” said Corythosaurus, “is this not ready????.... is this not ready yet?? Aladar?”

“No! I’m ready here.” Then he came down and the others said, “Take it”

“Aladar!!” said Corythosaurus, stretching out a icon he have used again

“DO YOU some smell chocolate?”

“He know.... that I bring some chocolate for you! For you can eat later”

“UGHHH! Chocolate!! YUK!! This don’t like chocolate, I’m a dinosaur!!..... I hate it,” said Aladar

And Corythosaurus, “I eat chocolate!”

“Alright! What do you want? .... to burst it...”

“Nothing, just need a pencil, come... thought we must eat today”

“What?....What is sand? This also sand”

“(Shocked sound) I’m a human, I don’t eat sand.....ugh, not eat GRAAAASS... not eat grass and not eat sand.... not eat graaaass, and not eat sand, (indecipherable), but I eat only cabbage”

“Alright!” said Aladar, “what do you want? I’m eating here...what do you want? Yes or no?....”

“What things they, everything in it, its quartenary”

“Quartenary is.... what is it?”

(long silence)

Silence.... silence.... “Aladaaar.... go with us... is this a reading journey?”

“Yes and no... how can it, (shocked sound), Mater came!!!”

“Aladar... no”

“Tish,” said Aladar, to a penguin... to a car.... penguin car

“(LOUD shocked noise) Penguin car???? Wow!!!!”

“Shhhh” answered Aladar, “a penguin car”, and he led him all over the back

“ALLLLRIGHT!” said Corythosaurus, “and you didn’t know my name although (indecipherable).... I’ll talk to him, then (indecipherable)”

“ALRIGHT!!... (softly) I’ll do it.... yes or no?.... yes or no?.... this again (indecipherable)”

“ALADAR! Who is Aladar?? Aladar is (indecipherable)”

“COING!!”

“QUIET! I mean it!!”

Aladar paused then.... pausing now pause.... pausing now pause....

Pause (mumbling whispers) “SSSHHHH!.............Sssshhhh...”

(Long section of mumbling....)

“Aladar’s New Adventure!

Next... Aladar behind them

Aladar’s New Adventure... piece behind Aladar’s New Adventure.... Aladar’s new Adventure!

Aladar woke up! Aladar was watching new Hawaiian bench”

“Peace! Peeeace...”, said Aladar, its in a game, at the sand place long, long ago

And the house, there was a friend, “ALADAR!!”... he listened

“Peace!” said Aladar

“Peace? What peace?”

“Peace is another word for tock-tick”

“Tock-tick? Who’s tock-tick?”

(Thumping noise) “(Singing) I will be a tock-tick, I will be a tock-tick”, he singed. Then he will whistle, “I will be a tock-tick” (thumping noise stops)

And they came inside and (thumping noise again), and became a tock-tick!

“TOCK-TICK! (Sings) You have to be a tock-tick tock-tick”, he singed

Now he will whistle, says Aladar’s New Adventure!

They singed at his party, that noon... he will sing again just now

For often is at the single (indecipherable phrase)

“Yes!.... yes, yes....... YES??”

“Aladar’s New Adventure, yes? Yes?... Yes and no?... Yes?” Said Corythosaurus, “it’s time for a moment, it’s time for Aladar’s new adventure in time... ALADAAAAR!!!!” said Corythosaurus

(Sound of rustling paper)

See? He saying them... “Aladar!! Please... please speak” (softly sings and chants “please please” over and over)

Another short story, 2007-08-09

She also uses the "story within a story" technique here, but to a lesser degree


There was a princess whose name was Bethany

Then her mother came and was so angry... she gone somewhere else

“Yes, my dear,” said Bethany, “what do you want?”

“Never mind..”

“YES!!” (indecipherable phrase) Bethany’s mommy

Daddy, “DON’T.. GET.. THAT.. STUFF...IN..SIDE...THAT...PIG!” he shouted out

“Mommy, my dear,” said Bethany, “you want something for me...”

“Of course!” said Mommy, “I will just get something for you! What do you want?” Mommy said

“Some sugar please”

“But I don’t have any sugar!” said Mommy

“Hmm.. please get me some, some sucrose then”

“Yes! I have that! Do you want some?”

“That is snow,” said Daddy, “I just want some English... get me a English book”

“One of my English books? Alright!”

She took and went to Daddy. “Do you want this book? Yes?”

“I want this book, I’m reading this book”

“Alright!.... Yeees or no,” I said

("Reading the book")

“Aladar! May (indecipherable phrase) she saw!”

A dinosaur long ago that (indecipherable)

“Aladaaar!” said Corythosaurus

“I’m ok.. I got a scare inside there”

“What?” said daddy... said her daddy

“Uh-hm.. YES?” said baby Bethany, “What do you want? What do you want?”

“(Chanting, to the tune of “Are You Sleeping”) My dear, my dear... very kind, very kind... shall we shall we shine now, shall we shall we shine now... shall we shine”

Baby was always pride to see that thing

(Chants again) “Where will shine again”, baby singed, in another place... of a place...

SHE EXIT AAAAA for a while...

The Story within the Story, Part 1 - 2007-08-09*

Mommy’s note: this is the first story I recorded that is part of an ongoing unfolding story – I missed recording many of its instalments. To give readers some context, Aladar is apparently writing his own storybook called “Aladar’s New Adventure”. Bethany’s story includes dialogue between Aladar and his friends, as well as dialogue from the story that Aladar is writing. The development of this idea becomes clearer when you read subsequent stories in this apparently new “genre” she’s created for herself.

“Here! At chapter one, this at chapter one....”

“ALADAR!” said Corythosaurus, “are you ready???”

“Not yet! The others can’t run, I didn’t know!”

“Aladar!”

“Aladar’s New Adventure....”

“ALADAR!” said Corythosaurus, “are you ready???”

“NOT YET!.... the ants just come, so I didn’t move....while the others moved... then stopped”

Then the others moved and stopped

“Someone,” said Corythosaurus, “need someone!!”

There were others standing here.. and didn’t move, these were dinosaurs

“Aladar!!” said Corythosaurus, “Do you ready yet? This one... is this dinosaur ready?... Is Styracosaurus ready??””

Styracosaurus said, “No!”

“The others stand still and didn’t move, really!” said Corythosaurus, “All day! The others stand still and didn’t move around”

The others moved, and didn’t move

One moved! Then the others didn’t move

“Aladar!!” said Corythosaurus, “are you ready??”

Corythosaurus was ready but the others were not

They stand still... stand still!

“What?”.... “Isch!”.... “Haaah?”

(Small voice) “Ba..by..find..you..., baby find you?”

“Is there another one?”

“Piers! Are you ready Piers??”

“Trying!.... Behind you, are they doing it?”

And the cousin always don’t...

“Aladar... are you doing it??” Corythosaurus ran up to his playroom and said, “need a whistle? To play.... ALADAR!! DO YOU HAVE A PLAYROOM?”

“YES!”

“Nooo... there’s nothing going our way... there’s a big shadow coming to us”

“Alright! EVERYBODY LIE DOWN!!!!!!!!........ EVERYBODY, LIE DOWN IN HERE!!.... EVERYBODY GET DOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... THERE’S SOMEONE HERE!!!!!”

“So everybody sat down and didn’t move, then, he couldn’t only, they became a human again... everybody like, behind you... is there another one? Who’s the other one?...”

“Aladar!! Are you ready??”

“Not yet!” (indecipherable phrase) “I’m still putting on my shoes!”

“Alright!”

The others stand still and didn’t move!

“Maybe... (singsong) heeee’s... behind you!”

“Is there another one coming? Another one! Another one! Is there another one coming?? Is there another one coming? Another one coming? Another one coming? Another one coming? ... Another one coming?... Is there another one coming?”

“Alright!” said Aladar, “Camarasaurus, are you ready?”

“Tish! Behind you!”

“Don’t worry... I won’t eat you”

“Alright”

“My head is numbered, look!”

“Favourite number!” said Aladar, and read, looking at a book

“Your favourite number!”

“Favourite number...” said Aladar, looking at the book... looking at his book

“Let me check!” said Corythosaurus

(Thumping noise in background – done by her for sure) “No, it’s my book.... let’s shaaare....”

(Thumping continues) “Yeees!”

(Thumping continues) “But... but... do you want to?.... Do you want it?” (Thumping stops)

“I’m sorry... I’ll find the page you stopped.... this is place before you?”

“Don’t worry... I will look!.... (soft singsong) Where, so where are you..... ALADAR!!!! Look!”

“Yes.... yes.... yes and no.... noo....Yes or no.... Yes or no.... no.”

“Aladar!!” Said Corythosaurus, “this is co... this is co... this is corythosaurus.... this is A..LA..DAR.... shush... hide... behind... behind you”

(Whispering, followed by scraping, followed by metallic thumping)

“Aladar...,” Corythosaurus, “Is there another baaaaaby,” Corythosaurus shouted out

“But why are we... shh shh”

“Aladar and the bookmark...” said Corythosaurus, “Aladar! Aladar! Can you just turn me.. another page? To another page...”

“Noo! (Very softly) There’s something coming there...”

Wednesday 22 August 2007

Storytelling Mania, a Video Snapshot**

This is a selection of brief excerpts from videos that I have yet to transcribe, all taken within the past couple of days. Besides this, I also have several MP3 files to transcribe as well. You can see, she's back in full swing after recovering from the flu!


Tuesday 21 August 2007

Mommy's a bit overwhelmed...

It's been more than a week since I've posted any story from Bethany. She took a break from storytelling for a few days when she came down with influenza last week, but has returned to it with a vengeance, since a couple of days or so back. But I already have a big backlog of recorded video and some audio, now this latest flood of stories... I managed to miss recording most of them this time...

One big problem is she's now taken to continuing her story throughout the day, sort of like telling it in installments. Which means if I miss a section, then there's a big hole in the story.. almost all her recent stories have started with "Aladar's New Adventure", so it's one long series of adventures, and within them, Aladar continues to evolve. She's still into the dramatics and perambulation, but she's also using a lot more narratives. Her vocabulary and story themes continue to astound me.

I will try to get back in transcription stride as soon as I can..

Sunday 12 August 2007

The Last Day, 2007-08-08**

This one is remarkably coherent! Hardly any repeating of words, looks like she's growing up!

LISTEN TO BETHANY TELL THIS STORY HERE while you read the transcript


It’s another one...

“Aladar!” said Corythosaur, “are you behind me? I’m hiding from the carnataur..”

“Alright!” said Corythosaurus, “Aladar run away! And the carnataur comes and bite me!”

“Alright!” said Aladar, “I will just fight with the carnataur!”

Then the carnataur came, then he fight with him, then he whacked him with his tail

Then it died...

“(Shocked noise)” said Corythosaur, “that was so fast???.......why did you do that? ‘Cause I want some, some energy to fight!”

“Alright!” said Aladar, “but I won today!”

“Aladaaar!...Aladar, no way! No!.... Yes, yes!” said Corythosaurus

“No, no!” said Aladar, “everybody shut doooown!”

The others stand still and didn’t know, then... Corythosaurus was eating an apple and didn’t want to swim

“Ready...set, CLAP!!!!...........CLAP! Clap! Clap, clap...” said Aladar, “another clap! Another clap!”

So many claps, till the whole town was shaking with fear

Then there was a loud bang at the top of Corythosaurus head... it’s a bang

Then, another one came! It was tried to... Pachy came down... he said, “Why are you scared from my banging?”

“Because you was banging the wall!”

“Alright! I will bang something else”

Then Pachy came again, and bonked.... bonking the T-rex... who lived here

Then T-rex said, “Ouch! Who’s bonking me?”

“It’s me,” said Pachy

“I just rescued you, from the meteorites!” said Corythosaurus, “because you was banging the meteorites!”

“Alright! I bang something else from the room.... all those meteorites”

Then a huge rock from space get down! Then, died....

“(Shocked sound)... Pachy?” Corythosaurus, “(Shocked sound)” she ran to Pachy! And said, “Are you okay Pachy?”

“Noo!!” said Pachy

He, he, he.... his fossils dead.... then the fossils talked!

“(Shocked noise)....fossils talked!.... I have to run away!” said Corythosaurus, “they got the ghost coming!”

“Mmh! Noooo.... don’t worry!” said Pachy, “I killed! I’m making a fossil... just making a fossil...”

THEN another meteorite came! “GO AWAY!” said Pachy, “I bonk you with my head!!!......(in an undertone) if you come near me...... THE OTHERS ARE SCARED FROM YOU!”

“Alright!” said the meteorite, “we will just go away”

“You, you, you got a new place now!” said Corythosaurus

“YES!” said Aladar, “I get a new place! Everyone camped in my new place! SIT DOOOOOOOWN!!! (chuckles)...... THERE’S SOMEONE!!!!!!!!! SIT DOOOOOOOWN!!! EVERYONE SIT DOWN!!!!”

They sat down around, it awful tight...THEN, a big stone came, “Ssshhh!” (loud stamping)

Thursday 9 August 2007

The Very Last Days, 2007-08-07

LISTEN TO BETHANY TELL THIS STORY HERE


And Aladar said “I love to leave my bones there!!!.... it’s MY bones, I’m making a fossil...”

Then Tyrannosaurus Rex came, then “Peace for all!” he just chant it out, “Tyrannosaurus Rex?? Don’t sneak my child!”

“Alright!” said Tyrannosaurus Rex, “I won’t!”

“DADDY!!!! SNACKS!!!!” Aladar shouted out

“LONG NECK!!!!!! LONG NECK get SOME DINOSAURS! Have to reach the top of the tree, get it down for me!!” he shouted out, pointing his (indecipherable)

Then, stegosaurus reached it with his hind legs

Then, he arranged it out, “OH! There you are!!!” said stegosaurus, this to Aladar, “I’m content” (humming)

“A little hook by the bench!” Aladar shouted out, “A little hook by the bench! A LITTLE HOOK BY THE BENCH!!....it’s getting out”, Aladar shouted out

And then CAR came out...and it was...it’s who...he’s so blue and he’s so red and he go, and he so blue, and he go very fast, then he (indecipherable) and he got a number

Then, Aladar said, “Who’s this?”

“I know!” said Protosaurus

“I don’t know!” said Corythosaurus, “I got only one star...”

“I don’t remember,” said Compsognathus

Thinking about at home, he have leaves in the tree...at night time... and he’s feasting beside of his BED, there... beside of his BED

He’s there now... so he woke up, by a noise

Then the noise waked him, then they stiffened up then, they heard it again, then Aladar pitched the, the icon again, THEN...the others he heard a loud BANG again which.... which the OTHERS they squished him and don’t know what (then whispers) happening”

So, the lemur was there, then Aladar pitched his knife

“He (indecipherable) to practise dancing”, said Tyrannosaurus Rex

“Who’s doing my brother?”

Tyrannosaurus Rex (whispers next)come (normal voice again) eat his brother...

Tyrannosaurus Rex eat his brother...

Behind! Styracosaurus!

AH! Some say dinosaurs (indecipherable)

How many dinosaurs live today?

But some dinosaurs died...

And some dinosaurs lived

And some dinosaurs singed, stegosaurus singed

Then carnivore (indecipherable)

Diplodocus said, “Noooooo, never!”

They were playing a game, and the sunshine comed out in the evening

Then, Aladar said, “I WIN!!!!”

They going the other, the other also sell

Then they played, they choose another game

Then he played FISH game!

“Fishing up and down” (singing), he singed, “fishing up and down” (still singing), he singed again

Lightening the other who were not singing

(Aggresive voice) Then Aladar SAID “DON’T BUY BEE BEE EE EE ZEEE”, he shouted out

He singed again, (indecipherable) was a slow one... it was not another one, it was just a slow one

But ALADAR shouted out, “MY SHADOW! MY SHADOW! MY SHADOW!”

He stopped again, then... another CAR came! It was so MANY! So many cars came!

And Aladar said, “Well... how can many, deal with so many.... so many CARS!!! Just like that!”

He... “We will pick it up OURselves!” said the cars

“You not pay yet!” said the cars, “it was too HEAVY.... youuuu need a fireman to carry it”

“ALL RIGHT!” Aladar shouted out

After lunch, then he saw them, tap tiptoe tiptoe tiptoe and then... they was (indecipherable phrase) the fireman, no one eat it... nobody (indecipherable) was going about tiptoing

No more CARS coming...

“AH I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! A (INDECIPHERABLE) CAR CAME!!!!!!!!!!!!”

It was them, then they were, and then it seemed...there she was, then Aladar singed, “(singing) We are wanders in the sea, stegosaurus, now you know these things”

He listened, then was so terrified

Then, he singed again, “(sings) We are near, going to cross (indecipherable), (indecipherable) are singing, to give us two song”

Stegosaurus listened

THEN, dilophosaurus came

Then it’s (whispers next) styracosaurus (normal voice) UP, and styracosaurus, “Get out of MY behind! We...get!....my brother out!”

Then they caught out (phrase obscured by external noises) and his brother, then he will stay...out

(Sings, indecipherable phrase)

“Are you crying????” Aladar said

ALADAR! The Adventure!!!

The dinosaurs said...(indecipherable whisper)

Dinosaurs challenge his brother, styracosaurus!

Ladybird

“Is Styracosaurus getting a bad feeling today?” he shouted out, and he shouted out, “IS EVERYBODY DOWN???.... THERE’S SOMEONE!!!!.... do you know what to do?”

“NO!” Aladar shouted out, “THERE’S SOMETHING, ANOTHER ONE! ANOTHER ONE! SO MANY CARS! WHO ARE THEY???” Aladar shouted out

(Screams loudly) said Aladar

“(Soft scream) Nooo!” said a no, said Corythosaurus

“(soft squeal) Yeeess!” said Compsognathus

“Nooo!” said the others

“Yeeess!” said (indecipherable)

“Nooo!” said (indecipherable)

Diplodocus (high pitched squeal)

“(Squeals) Shoo!” (indecipherable) said the others

(Squeals) said (indecipherable)

(Squeals) said Lightning

(Squeals) said Compsognathus

(Squeals) said Aladar

(Squeals) said Lightning

(Squeals) said the Fish

(p.s. sorry for only writing “squeals” in the above exchange – she’s actually squealing words out, but I couldn’t quite catch each one)

(Squeal) said Aladar, “This, a (indecipherable) place...(indecipherable phrase)”

(More squeals)

“HEH??? Then stop! Stop doing that!!” said Aladar

“Don’t! Don’t, don’t..” in a small voice, “you might get sick!”

“ALRIGHT!!!” said (indecipherable). “Should, just stand still and didn’t move”

Then the others were ready, but Tyrannosaurus Rex won’t stand still with, with the other dinosaurs

THEN... a loud bang came from outside noise, then Aladar heard another noise came from, came from....(indecipherable) door, door! Door! DOOR!” (Cracks herself up laughing!)

And Aladar get his knees up! That knees, he shout “Dinosaurs were up!” Then it was the herbivores. There was a meteorite coming, then they jumped in the earth, then they get in the water, then they jumped in the water, then they, it was swim in the chill come in

All was them, then, diplodocus said, “Then! You... then, dinosaurs came”

Then they paused and triceratops came... and stegosaurus came, and all the others came!!

Then they shut Tyrannosaurus up

And dinosaurs lived, (gasps) but... but that here!! Then they saw the meteorite, then they hear the meteorite... this meteorite

“(Sings) Are you doing it” said Corythosaurus

“(Still singing) star is growing, yes it’s fine, star is growing, mm mm mm”

Aladar said, “No, stegosaurus, don’t do that.... don’t sing!”

“Alright!” said stegosaurus, “I won’t”

Then another DINOSAUR came and (whispered phrase, can’t catch it)

And Aladar said, “Don’t... don’t...”

Theeere... dinosaurs died.... ALADAR was in the dinosaurs family, then he DIED

Wednesday 8 August 2007

Aladar and the Lemur, 2007-08-07

Another one that I started recording after she’d started. She was reading from a library book on dinosaurs.

A BIG rock from space! Hit the earth, then they DIED

THEN, they died long, long ago

And then they went down when the mammoths lived

Then the mammoth lived when they not there... there was a thunderstorm there... aaall of them died out

THEN!!! A big huge thing came, like a MAMMAL! A small mammal, but it’s a badger

It’s from millions and millions AGO, and the dinosaur then lived, you can’t see it today, because a big rock from space hit the earth and it DIED!!!!

Then it died... (very softly) long, long ago

THEN!!! A BIG meteorite came from outer space

Then, there was stegosaurus pressed the earth, THEN they TRIED to run away but they CAN’T

THEN they tried to run away again!!! Then stegosaurus said “No! Then run!”

Then the meteorite came to earth... nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer

“Don’t worry” said camarasaurus, “I’LL GET, I’M SO TOUGH! I’ll whack it (indecipherable) with my tail”

“Ya, you can.... Do it camarasaurus! Do it, do it camarasaurus!”

Then he do it quick

THEN the meteorite didn’t, DIDN’T CAME!!!

Then they died!!!

(Suddenly speaking softly) Then the who’s the fossils there....all by the meteorite

“(Whispers) Who ARE you” (normal voice) Aladar said, “(whispers again) who are you, who are you”

Then he waked up and said “Who...who’s touching my BODY???”

“(Whispers again) Who are you?” (normal voice) he said again

“(Whispering) Are you?... Are you?.... Are you?” (normal voice) then he waked up again

Then... it was SOMEone... you know who is it?

The lemurs was touching Aladar’s foot...and he was sleeping again...

Then he waked up with the lemur

They, they the lemur pointed, “Beetle! Beetle! Beetle coming!”

Then they hunt his hand and his car

“Don’t come Lemur!! Don’t GO!”

He was on the tree first, then he come down, then he SAW the meteorite coming, then the beetle, then he pointed to the beetle, “BEETLE COMING! BEETLE COMING!”, then the Lemur shouted out

Then lemurs picked him up, then get him up, then try to throw it at the beetle

Aladar and Parasaurolophus, 2007-08-02**

I started recording this one after she’d already started, not sure when...

You really MUST listen to the audio while you read this transcript - her dramatizations are mind blowing on this one! Check out esp. the section I've highlighted in bold in the story.

Here is the link to the MP3 recording (it will load automatically in your Media player)


And was sent out from sight and in action

He says, “Nope, you have to put anybody (then sings) no no no, yeah yeah yeah there”

(Talks again) “I’m laughing at you... HEH! HEH! HEH!!” said another voice

“NO WAY!” said Aladar

“Are you near that? Are you hiding from the bushes? You hiding in the bushes???” said another voice

“NO!”

“YES!” said Aladar

Another one.... another one

There was the voice, keeping on the road and was hiding.... asked, “Why did I laugh?”, then pinched in the skin, Aladar...

Aladar was right and they off and they watched, and he was lost, can’t find his friends anymore

And he said, “Are you my friend?”

Aladar was reading Chapter One, and he stopped and he put a bookmark in there

And Aladar says, “Why are you doing it?”

“No!” He looked. “Ssshhh!”

“Ya ya ya ya ya, ya ya ya ya ya ya!”

They looked

“Ya ya ya yip”

“Yup... ya ya ya ya ya”

“No no no no no no no”

“Are you absolutely...?”

Watching him sing the song (then sings) “Jingle jingle jingle song, now you want that jingle song, now you know the jingle light is coming down”

He looked, and was too terrified, till he asked what jingled along

And he sing the Jingle Song again, and Parasaurolophus didn’t like it until he sing that Jingle Song again, and he and he tucked him to bed and he was SO ANGRY

And he said, “Ohhh, I’m so sad, I want to sing, to Parasaurolophus but he tucked to me to bed, now he is angry....ohhhhh, I’m so sad... have to run away and hide... not buy a brush... I lied, asked you to buy a hinge...”

“What??” said Parasaurolophus, “are you so angry like this?”

...”Yes,” said Aladar, “is this another place you are taking me to?”

“Is it???” said Parasaurolophus

“Do you take me to another place? Is this another place?”

(Scary growl) “HELLLOOO”

(High pitched screechy voice) “HE BRING ME LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Cacophony of scary throaty sound and high pitched screechy voice as though a character is scared out of his wits by a scary monster (I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE PULLED THIS OFF!)

Said Aladar, “Are you a iPod? I thought you was an iPod but you was not, which dinosaur??”

(Very realistic pretend sneeze) “HAHHHH.....TCHOO!” said, said his daddy

And his daddy was (indecipherable) and was ahtchooing some more

“Maybe my dad got a, got a cough.... Here dad!...There...for your cough...”

“Alright! I am, I am feeling well now” said Aladar

“Are you doing it? Alright!”

“I thought I was, I was so many (indecipherable)....help!”

Time... night... torch... “It’s it’s dinner and ignoring my leg like, like, like, like... like, like Aladar”

“The truth...can I stay home?....the night of (indecipherable)” said Aladar

“Is it the (indecipherable) one?”

“Ya!”

“Yes!” said another voice, said who was sticking out from behind the cube, until his eyes growing blacker and blacker... until his eyes glowing in the night...

It was singing out from his sight

And there was, near on his right, he caught it, “(whispers) and wider and wider (normal volume) and wider and WIDER AND WIDER!!”

And he stopped and said, “This another one... here... is this another wise old man?”

It was Aladar and he standing still and it, and Aladar said, “In and stand here”, at all was looking at the man, really was terrified

Voices... and he was, was going out from hide again?

And, and “Well! Well! Who’s just do that.... but we are dinosaurs!!!!.... I think we was humans...”

“No we... we're dinosaurs!!”

At that my Parasaurolophus just tucked me to bed, and he was so angry

It’s Aladar, he’s so terrified and so tall... Camarasaurus is so small...

There is so many times in fact that is it, is it wrong... will just die and it ALWAYS ALRIGHT

“I’m leaving now!”

“No... no... no... no... no... nooo... nooo” (increasingly high squeals)