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 23 November 2007

Even more adventures of Larry, 2007-11-23

All stories recorded today. Again, we only recorded those stories she said we could. All the stories are connected as usual. It's interesting also hearing her comment to herself things like supposed chapter headings and, one of her most common phrases, "so, where did we stop?" because it really sounds as if she's reading from a book, and indeed that's what she always pretends to do when she tells stories, yet the books she reads from have nothing to do with anything she's talking about and her favourites remain adult-level books with loads of text and no illustrations in them.


CLICK ON THE SECTION TITLES TO LISTEN TO BETHANY TELL HER STORY
  1. Larry sees various things that scare him
  2. More doings of Larry, Corin and Pip
  3. Changing sizes*
  4. He sang so sweetly* (worth listening to for the brief singing :)
  5. Larry has a busy time
  6. Larry's busy time continues
  7. And continues...
  8. And continues some more...
  9. And even more* (very expressive in this one!)
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