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From: Papa Joe To: Storytell Subject: Jump off the bridge! A formula Story/game Date: Friday, May3,997:14 AM Jump Off The Bridge I first heard this story game at a Girl Scout Camp in Portsmouth, NH. They wanted to share a story with me for once. It was love at first sight and a favorite at an outside or high energy event. :) Two children stand in front of the group. I whisper the secret to them before they start. (I'll share it with you at the end). I prompt each speaker or group until they can handle the words on their own. I always help them with the pace and rhythm of their lines. It is important to never give up control of your group. My comments to the audience are as varied as the times we tell the story. Child One: I'm a Newspaper Reporter with nothing to write about. Child Two: I'm a Newspaper Photographer with nothing to take pictures of. Together: Let's jump off the bridge. I turn to the audience and ask for some one to volunteer to try and stop the jumpers. I chose one and ask what they would like to be. "A police officer? A teacher?" It doesn't matter what they chose. What ever it is, I'll help them fashion a formula line to go with it. Then I ask if anyone else would also like that job. I bring that group to the front of the room and tell them to yell stop when the first two have counted to Two. First Two Children: One... Two... Teachers: STOP! Teachers: What are you doing? Jumpers: We're jumping off the bridge. Teachers: Why? Child One: I'm a Newspaper Reporter with nothing to write about. Child Two: I'm a Newspaper Photographer with nothing to take pictures of. Jumpers: What do you do? Teachers: We're teachers with no students to teach. Jumpers: Why don't you jump off the bridge with us? Teachers: Okay! I repeat the request for volunteers to stop the jumpers. Get a new occupation and continue by signalling the jumpers to start counting. Jumpers: One... Two... Lawyers: STOP! Lawyers: What are you doing? Jumpers: We're jumping off the bridge. Teachers: Why? Child One: I'm a Newspaper Reporter with nothing to write about. Child Two: I'm a Newspaper Photographer with nothing to take pictures of. Teachers: We're teachers with no students to teach. Jumpers: What do you do? Lawyers: We're lawyers with no one to defend. Jumpers: Why don't you jump off the bridge with us? Lawyers: Okay! The line grows longer as I gather all the children willing to participate. Each time through, we add an other occupation and a reason not to do it. Dancers without a floor. Storytellers without listeners. Doctors without patients. When everyone is up, I count the children who have joined the first two jumpers. Teller: 8 people have joined you to jump off the bridge. There is no one left to stop you. Jumpers: One... Two... Three... Everyone jumps except the first two. That's the secret. Child One: Great Story!! 8 people jump off the bridge! Child Two: Great Photos! Great Photos! The cutest occupation I've ever been given was a Biddy Bop Boy with no bops to bid. Pax & Amicitia, Papa Joe Home of A Storyteller's Internet Tool Box
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