December 2010

Little Red Riding

The Winner for the Twisted Tales fractured fairytale writing contest was a team from Ms. Naugle’s 4th grade class. The story is based on the original tale of “Little Red Riding Hood.” The winner was chosen by the fourth grade students.

Little Red Riding
By Evelyn, Angelique, Connor, Chad, Lajosh & Timmy
Ms. Naugle – 4th Grade

Long, long ago in the dark woods, there was a little girl. She was called Little Red Riding because she had a hot red Corvette.

One day, with cookies in the front seat of her red Corvette, she started cruising to her aunt’s house. Then her car broke down.

Hiding behind the trees was a Big Bad Wolf. He jumped out, in a mechanic’s suit, and said, “I can fix your car.”

Little Red Riding said, “That’s great because I’m on my way to my aunt’s house to deliver these delicious, homemade cookies.”

So the wolf didn’t fix the car all the way. The big bad wolf laughed and said, “Muhahahaha! Now I’m going to Little Red Riding’s aunt’s house.”

On the way to her aunt’s house, Little Red Riding’s Corvette started smoking. BOOM! An explosion came from the engine. Little Red Riding said, “Oh no! I have to walk!”

Meanwhile, the wolf drove ahead in his black and gold Lamborghini to Little Red Riding’s aunt’s house. He tricked his way in, gobbled her up, and put on her aunt’s clothes.

Little Red Riding found a bike and began riding to her aunt’s house. When she arrived, she said, “Hello? Is anybody home?”

Then the big bad wolf, disguised as her aunt, came out and said in a deep voice, “Come in.”

Little Red Riding asked, “Why are you talking like that?” Little Red Riding started backing out of the house.

The big bad wolf turned and said, “Give me the cookies!”

Little Red Riding was about to cry and said, “Where is my aunt and what did you do with her?”

The wolf heard a noise. It was the uncle driving the red Corvette. Little Red Riding said, “In 5, 4, 3, 2…” Then the Corvette crashed into house, BAM!, crushing the wolf.

Little Red Riding and her uncle rescued her aunt from the wolf’s tummy and celebrated with big basket of cookies and milk. And Little Red Riding inherited a brand new black and gold Lamborghini!

The End.

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Saints v. Cowboys

The Winner for the Twisted Tales fractured fairytale writing contest was a team from Ms. Fury’s 3rd grade class. The story is based on the original tale of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.” The winner was chosen by the third grade students.

Who Dats Crossing! (based on “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”)
By Joshua, Brianna, Haley & Dwan
Ms. Fury – 3rd Grade

Once upon a football, there were three Saints football players. There was a tight end, a running back, and a linebacker. They wanted to cross the football field to score but the field was controlled by a BIG BAD COWBOYS quarterback.

The Saints tight end crossed the field like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints tight end answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints tight end replied, “You should tackle my teammate!

The Cowboys quarterback said, “Ok, I’ll let you cross.”

So the tight tend began running across the field again like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

Meanwhile, the running back wanted to cross the field. He ran across like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints running back answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints running back replied, “You should tackle my teammate!

The Cowboys quarterback said, “Ok, I’ll let you cross.”

So the running back began running across the field like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

Meanwhile, the linebacker wanted to cross the field. He ran across like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints linebacker answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints linebacker replied, “You wanna bet?!” He ran forward and sacked the Cowboys quarterback, causing a fumble. The Saints linebacker picked up the ball and ran it in for a TOUCH DOWN! The Saints won the game and the fans chanted:

“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat say they gonna beat them Saints?! Who dat! Who dat?!”

The End.

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Friends:

I am up soooo late so this blog post will be rather short. Today was the 9th day of my Twisted Tales residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. Today, I saw all the students during their P.E. period. The winners from each class performed their fractured fairytales: “The Gummi Frog and Princess Laffy Taffy,” “Sleeping Ugly,” and “Rapperella.” The stories were fantastic. I let the students vote on their favorite and by an overwhelming majority, “Rapperella” won the “grand prize.” It will be published on my website on Monday! Congratulations, Jacob, Lance, Joshua, Brenden and Destiny!

For the rest of the grades today, I performed and it was so much fun! I even debuted another new story — a “physical fairytale” version of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” with lots of movement. It was a great day and I really enjoyed being with Ms. Lombardino, Ms. Kelly, Coach E, and Ms. Miller of the P.E. department. They are a fantastic group to work with!!

Friday is my last day. My third and fourth graders will be performing and again, I am sharing stories with the lower grades during their P.E. period. It should be tons of fun!!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

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