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!

Sunday 17 February 2008

A friend becomes a traitor? 2008-02-09*

She hasn't allowed me to take any video while she's storytelling in recent months, but on this day she wanted me to record her story (we've been doing audio only, and I only record her when she asks me to, since she turned 3) and I didn't have the audio recorder on me (we were travelling somewhere in the car). She wasn't happy about that, but finally agreed to let me record her using the camera, since she really wanted me to record this story... the audio isn't too good though, because of the background noise... It is another high adventure story involving her favourite imaginary friends.

Ever since her 2-week storytelling lull over Christmas and her subsequent fresh storytelling intensity, her stories have all been far more coherent with better flow than ever before. This story continues that trend. It's a pity we had to interrupt her by arriving at our destination!

The transcript is below the video clip.




“Oh hi!! It’s from the African Plains!”

And everyone cheered and stamped their feet, everyone camping in the land of Aladar. There was a note attached to it. “Please Harry, can you come to my cottage on Thursday night on 4 June.” And Harry was astonished.

How Aladar laughed when he saw it attached to the other one. “Harry, Ron... Meet me at my party. Do all night.”

“Ya! Without stopping.” Harry laughed deeply, and stopped for a while.

Then they shouted again, until the note lunged(?) and got dead(?). Aladar lunged and Corin ran down the corridor of his old friends. His friends had gone to the Interstate Bash, and to dance with all the ballerinas.

After that they charmed down. “Is that boy???” They ran down, and Aladar changed to a snake and slithered off to his hiding place. Harry and Hook was astonished. They didn’t do anything, then they ran to meet Aladar. Soon Hook laughed. Harry and Aladar turned into snakes. Suddenly there was a loud clinging noise at the door, and Haas and Harry and Corin went to open it.

It was shocking, Pan the Rat was down there, and it got a note attached to it. “Get to the Hole. Chapter One. Shock, you can’t, you John. Chapter One. Laughter’s room. And I have to... I’m running away from it. You have to run away also. Bye bye. The end. “

“Hey!” Hook was and Corin was astonished. “How can laughter turned into a woman again?”

Aladar turned into a snake again and slithered off far away, galloping with a family of snakes. Outside in the corridors there, an ugly little witch cried, “Shock. Shup shock,” and had a big big laugh down. It named Goosh Goosh. Goosh and Sssh and a big big friendly big big snake party outside.

Outside in a big corridor there were just there the big guard of Voldemort.

“Quiet!” Voldemort quietened the white guard. “A big big splash, but you can record with a recorder also, if you want.” (To me: He said you can record if you want with the recorder also.)

After that in the big corridor called ebay(?) there was a lovely little princess called Snow White. “Quiet!” said Ham. Ron wouldn’t do it. Ron pulled him back.

(Quickens tone) Suddenly, a grip of the hand... he leapt from Ron’s stand, with a zoosh he dashed and pulled Harry. Corin pulled the curtain. Haas killed the bond, the bash teared the grass, the bash teared the oosh, the boys teared the bug, Voldemort came.

Corin, Harry, and the other boy Ron who keeped running away from Voldemort asked Haep to come with them. They asked. They tried, but Ron always goes after them screaming, almost squeaking, shocked down with Corin. Ron, almost squeaking with fright. “(In a squeaky voice) You can’t hide against us! I can manage...”

(Interrupted by us arriving at our destination, but continues on for a bit after that.)

Suddenly outside in a big corridor across Nineown Open Plains, lightning flashed down at them. They RAN down as fast as they can. Voldemort came, he got alive again. Harry accidentally pressed the wrong button and Voldemort just came out of a certain place and killed Harry. Corin and Orin is alone now, because Voldemort killed the other two boys.

Suddenly outside in a big corridor a big bad giant of Agrabah Hashoss, it’s name was Twelvebockrumpelthoneshaunanshoneharriandhockharrypotterstoock. Harry nearly couldn’t read his name got Potter! Suddenly Harry got an idea. “Over there Ron!”

“Sssh! Be quiet Harry!” said Ron. “I think Corin is looking at snakes.”

“Snakes??? Eeegh,” said Harry, “I don’t like snakes!”

Anyway, outside in the big corridor outside in the bush there sat there a great big ugly looking goblin. Just a goblin, before you can say rocks and blocks. (Indecipherable) and two went for Bilbo. Harry lunged away and Ron showed him, “they’re taking him, come...” And they ran down the corridor to where someone was waiting with Voldemort. Hook was busy talking with Voldemort. (Stopped because we’d arrived and finished parking the car....)

1 comment:

Lorraine said...

It was so fun to *see* her storytelling again! This one was a lot of fun. My all-time favorite quote:

“Hey!” Hook was and Corin was astonished. “How can laughter turned into a woman again?”