Our last week telling stories at St. Johns was a lot of fun. I was leading the story, which is always stressful. We had a picture of a large family and a donkey, so it wasn’t as easy to ask “What is this person doing..” because there was so many people. We had a lot of responses, however, and there were only a few lulls in conversation. After a while I started getting desperate for things to ask, however, and started asking what the two donkeys would say to each other , after they bought a new donkey, that is. However, I found that after the initial “Donkeys can’t talk,” we continued to tell them we could say whatever we wanted, and the storytellers started relaxing and getting more into the story. Jean also had a lot to say about squirrels, and how extremely dangerous they are. Apparently, squirrels will really lay into you if you meet them in a dark and deserted woods on your way out of your home because you were evicted for using your gun to much. I loved the story we came up with this session, and it felt great to have been the leader of such a fun and exciting last story. I also loved the way the storytellers would acknowledge each other for a great idea in the story. It was so great to have the storytellers be as accepting as they could be to each others answers.
This week, Externally, we had a story about a family of pilgrims who got evicted and were on the move to their new home in the country. Along the way they encounter some killer squirrels, but they prevail.
Internally, we had a group of great storytellers who our group has really become comfortable with and enjoy. I think they have gotten a little bit more comfortable with the experience as well, and we all worked together to create a last story that we really liked. This session got me really excited for our final party!
Mary
