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THE ASSIGNMENT
It can be very rewarding to take creative license with telling a traditional story. Whatever
story you decide on, have fun adapting it to your own style, whether that means adding descriptions
or dialogue that never existed before. Here are two examples of what an author has done to the
traditional Jack and Jill folk tale.
THE STORY
Jack and Jill strolled up a hill to retrieve a pail of water. Both held hands like young lovers
often do. However, Jack tripped and fell down, and thus broke his crown. Unfortunately, Jill came
tumbling after him, skinning both knees. A nearby observer rushed Jack to the emergency room.
Consequently, Jack spent the next ten days in the hospital. Since Jill had only bruised her knees,
she was soon walking in straight form within a few hours following the accident. she had the
foresight to immediately apply ice to her swollen knees. Days following the accident, Jill visited
Jack in the hospital every afternoon. When he was released, Jack asked Jill to marry him. she
responded most diplomatically, "Can't we wait until I'm of legal age?"
EXAMPLE: "You Know"
Well, like, you know, this kid Jack, and like, you know, this chick Jill, they went, uh, you know,
like walking up a hill, you know, holding hands, like Jack was totally into Jill, like way more
than, you know, Jill was like in to Jack. Yeah, well, like anyway, Jack was a total dork, and like
you know, tripped? like fell down? like totally embarrassing. Like Jill, you know, she was like
pulled down too, like bummer, like her knees were so totally, you know, um, like bruised, like
gross, like blue, like green, like vomit. So anyway, you know, some buy, some dude, like you know,
called one of those emergency things, you know, like with the blue lights, no, wait, like red, like
red lights, yeah, and so, you know, Jack, super dork, was like, you know, hauled off to the, you
know, the hospital. Like whatever, like he broke something, like gasp, like you know, his head!
But Jill, she was like way cool, like you know, way cooler than I would have been, and she like,
you know, visited Jack, like every freakin' afternoon, like, what's up with that? Like no way, you
know, like Jerry Springer, like gotta see it. So you know, Jill knew the damage, like you know,
took way care of her gross looking knees, you know, like wearing jeans, like so no one would, you
know, see, bummer, like it's summer, cool, I made a rhyme. Like you know, I guess she was still
like shaving, but like OW! So whatever, like Jack asked Jill, you know, to like marry her, and Jill
was like, yeah, whatever dork.
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