Student Story-Spring Branch-School Bus 116

In the summer of 2010  I drove a school bus route for Spring Branch Elementary School in Independence, Missouri.  Between the time I arrived in the morning and the time in which some of my students were to depart I had approximately 5 to 10 minutes with them on the bus.

I thought it would be fun to have them give me an idea for a story instead of me telling them short stories as I have recorded from the Chicken Festival.  So I asked them the questions below along with what interests they had.  I thought it might be fun to put together a story using as many, if not all, of the suggestions they gave.

As I knew I was going to record in video the story.  I thought it better not to use the copyrighted names used on the cartoon program SpongeBob SquarePants, which are Barnacle Boy and Squidward in the story.  Therefore I have changed the name to Squid for the bad guy and Barnyard for the popular kid in school.

Please note that this is not a fully refined and finished story as is “The Little Witch Doll”.  But I had promised to have the story would be on my website by 1 August 2010 and I have made every effort to do so despite life getting in the way.

The following is the list of the things that the students on School Bus 116, which I drove, said that they would like to have in the story.  Go through the list and listen to the story and see how many of the things I have included or what has not been included:

Foreign country: Mexico
Wild animal: tiger
Girls name: Lexie
US State: Mississippi
Boys name: Isaac.
Character trait: courage
Height: 4’6″
Age: fifth-grade
Favorite sport: baseball
Favorite food: cheeseburger.
School: Spring Branch Elementary School
Favorite Teacher: Ms. Richards.
Bully from TV: Squidward.
Good guy from TV: Barnacle Boy,
Favorite music: Hip-Hop
Best friend: Chris

Enjoy, Brother Beno

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AUDIO OF STORY OF THE LITTLE WITCH DOLL CLICK HERE

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STORY OF THE LITTLE WITCH DOLL

The story of the Little Witch Doll was inspired by the doll that is shown at the beginning of the video for Beno Stories. What specifically got my attention was the dress that was made for her.

One of my fellow School Bus Drivers had broken her wrist and for therapy, she was told to crochet. To give herself an object to work toward she decided to start crocheting doll clothes. As she progressed, she developed her own style by the time I met her. She showed me this particular doll, and I instantly my mind developed this story.

The results that you see is the story that I developed and put together in video for the doll and hope you are as well pleased with the results as I am.

Hope you enjoy,
Your Storyteller, Brother Beno
Taking Your Mind On Adventures

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Short Short Story Jam 1.

For Beno Stories, I am putting up my first attempts at videoing others storytellers, telling stories in a public forum.  I did it for the fun of it and to see what I could do with it.  I knew I was going to be putting it up on YouTube and after I did the following year, it became almost need for me to video the performances of these tellers, and I enjoyed doing it.

Short Short Story Jam 1 is one half of the contest of performing the shortest story that makes sense.  So if you enjoyed this one.  Please go to the next on this site and remember that these were taken from the 2008 Chicken Festival held in Leavenworth Kansas.

You will see the rest of the 2008 Chicken Festival videos on this website and you can see the 2009 Chicken Festival videos at http://www.FairyTaleStoriesBlog.com.

Enjoy, Brother Beno, Your Storyteller

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