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Topic: The Cliffhanger Introduction
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Michael Lattavo
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 160
From: Canton, OH, USA
Registered: May 2014
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posted February 22, 2017 07:22 PM
So normally, when I put my 4 and 7 year old (who share a room) to bed, I read a story to each of them, then we do "talk time". Tonight, I felt like doing something different, and suggested telling them a story from my head.
King Onesie (our cat), summoned Sir Luca (4 yrs old) and Sir Vincent (7 yrs old), his brave knights. He told them there was a dragon in the woods who had died, and slept on a pile of treasure. The King said he would give the Knights half of the treasure if they would bring it back to the King. The Knights set out, without any weapons. Along the way, they found some garbage cans and made shields out of the lids. They made swords out of sticks. Pretty soon, they met some goblins, who they defeated with their sticks, and took the goblin swords. Soon after, the two Knights met up with a couple of trolls, bigger than a house! After defeating the trolls, the Knights took their shields.
Then, the two Knights found the dragon and treasure - except, the dragon wasn't dead after all, just sleeping. They tried to kill the dragon with their swords, but the swords broke (both kids are standing up in bed by this time, silently using their various weapons). The two Knights then killed the dragon by using their shields as frisbees, and took the treasure back to the kingdom. When the King demanded half, the Knights explained that since the dragon wasn't dead and they had to dispatch it too, the Knights would keep all of the treasure. The King became outraged, and
yelled for his army to attack the two knights. And then......
"To be continued..."
And I have one Knight standing on the top bunk, one Knight standing on the bottom bunk. Finally, the 4 yr old says "AND!?!"
I then explained what a cliffhanger is, and said (to much protest) that we would continue the story tomorrow night!
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Michael Lattavo
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 160
From: Canton, OH, USA
Registered: May 2014
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posted March 13, 2017 07:51 PM
Just thought I would provide an amusing (to me, anyway) update. The story has continued, and previous posters were dead on - it's hard to come up with fresh stuff! There are a few days in between chapters now, and yes, these two medieval knights are now on a spaceship....yet still chased by the same witches.
Tonight, at the "to be continued" portion of the story, my 4 year old said "I don't like when you get to the continued part". My 7 year old the chimed in "Yeah, how come you always stop at the most exciting part?"!
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