Thursday, March 30, 2006
"Once upon a time lived Jack with a spade and a King who carried clubs. Both of them were in love with a Queen whose heart was black as black can be. However, the Queen wanted to marry Jack Red who had plenty of diamonds.
Jack Red offered the Queen ten diamonds as the bridal price. When Jack with a spade and the King who carried clubs found out, they were red with anger.
One night, ten hired assassins killed Jack Red. Seven Diamonds were stolen to make it look like a robbery. Jack Red was found bludguned ten times. Two clubs were found at the scene of the crime. Jack was arrested because nine blood-stained clubs were found stashed in his closet. Not long after, the King who carried clubs died.
Worse still, the ghost of Jack Red appeared to the Queen carrying nine pulsating hearts. So petrified was the Queen that the next day, she hired ten bodyguards. To her great horror, five of her bodyguards were found hung.
Ace Ventura, FBI agent, was placed on the job. The Queen offered one diamond as payment, but Ace tried to bargain for three; he received ten slaps on the face instead.
Will Ace crack the case? What about Jack Red? Will the Queen get to live happily ever after? (to be con't)"
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What do you think of the story? cute huh? This was done in English class as group work. If you're bored, you can try this out, with some friends. (We were in groups of eight) All you need is pen, paper, and a pack of cards. First, distribute the cards, facedown. No one is to take a look at what they got. Once all the cards are distributed, you can begin. The stories are to begin with "once upon a time" and end with "happily ever after".
So what do you do? Well, someone will start by flipping open the one of their cards. For example, person A flips open a card and gets 3 of spades. Person A will then say something like, "Once upon a time there were 3 little pigs." Then Person B will flip open one of his cards, and maybe get 6 clubs. So person be can say something like, "They lived in a town filled with clovers." (Clubs is in the shape of clovers) Then Mr. C will go next and get let's say.. 3 of clubs! So he can say something like, "They like to go to a club down the street". And so on.
So basically you can use any aspect of the card -number, suit, shape and colour. Write the story down as the game goes on. It can be as crazy and hilarious as you like. Read it once you're done. It's really cute!
