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!

Wednesday 29 August 2007

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...)

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