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Papa
Joe ~ Telling
Tales
To: storytell@VENUS.TWU.EDU
Subject: RE: write your own?
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 1996 12:50 PM
Theresa,
I try to provide the story more fitted to the audience at hand.
One of my most requested stories started as an improv.
The story behind: The
Ghost and the Apple Sauce
One day, I think it was early October in 1988, I was sharing
stories with a group of 3 & 4 year olds, in the town of Lee,
NH. I suppose Halloween was already on their minds although
children seem to like to think of themselves as brave. Anyway,
One of them, asked for a ghost story.
"Well," said I. "I do know a few ghost stories,
but I'm afraid I couldn't tell them to you now. I'd never get
invited back here if one of you had a nightmare after a really
scary story."
"Well," said they. "Then tell us a funny ghost
story."
"I don't know any."
"Then make one up," said they.
"But what's gonna be in it."
They looked around the room and spotted the remains of their
recent snack.
"Apple Sauce" shouted they. They had been on a field
trip to the apple orchards (As have most of the children in apple
picking New Hampshire.) and had turned their harvest into that
sweet sauce they loved so much.
So with a lot of help from the children I told the first telling
of what has become my most told tale. It was also my first improv
story to be polished into a regular tale.
Kinda funny, I told it this morning at Barnes & Noble in
Salem, NH. Seems the kids just don't change.
Pax,
Papa Joe
Papa
Joe ~ Telling
Tales
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