Hello, this is Misaki Yoshida. Christmas is
coming soon, so today I'd like to introduce a Christmas short story. Here is
the video of storytelling. Please watch this video first. This is a little
childish story, but the narrator is brilliant.
This Christmas story is called “Lopsy And
Bopsy And The Letter To Santa”, which is told by Penelope Bourhill. In this
story, two main characters appear, Lopsy and Bopsy. Lopsy, who writes a letter
to Santa every year, is a friend of Bopsy. In contrast, Bopsy didn’t think to
write a letter to Santa. One day, Bopsy called on Lopsy to see if he could
play. But he refused it, because Santa Claus came to their town that day. As
Bopsy thought that Santa came just once a year on the Christmas Eve a night, so
he was very glad. However, he was very disappointed when he discovered that
Lopsy wrote the letter to Santa every year. He feared he would be forgotten on
Christmas Eve. Lopsy advised Bopsy to write a letter right now and give it to
Santa when he comes to town. After he went back his home, he wrote a letter to
Santa soon. That afternoon Santa came to their town, and Bopsy could meet and
give the letter to Santa. Santa said, “Have no fear on Christmas Eve, no child
do I forget.” Santa has already known what Bopsy wanted. He learned that Santa
would never forget a child at Christmas. I like this story, because as I said earlier,
though this story is a little childish, the narrator is wonderful. She uses
some techniques in storytelling. She uses different voices for different
characters in dialogue, so we can understand who is talking. Also, she changes
her voice to change the feeling of character. These techniques attract us. We are
learning how to read the story dramatically, so I think it is a great example. I
really recommend you to watch this video. Please enjoy it and a merry
Christmas!
Hello, this is Mizuki Yanagsiawa. Thank you for sharing this video with us! It was wonderful storytelling. I was especially impressed by how narrator changes her voice and pitches through the story. Moreover, I liked the rhythm of this story. As some words like "Lopsy, Bopsy" and "letter, better" appear in the story, these words have rhymes and eventually this technique made the story much interesting to hear.
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ReplyDeleteHello, this is Yurina. I think the storyteller is good model for us because she changed her voice to change feeling and characters, like you wrote. Also, it is a good story that perfectly matches the season of now!
ReplyDeleteHello, this is Nao Murakami. I think the narrator is wonderful! She changes voices, pace and pitch as you and other group members said. Also the story is cute. Thank you for recommending this story to us!
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