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Storytelling Demonstration

Story 1 - Arachne

This is a very old story. It came from a time just before I was born.

It’s about 2500 years old. I am only about 2000 years old. From Ancient Greece, and it’s about a woman named Arachne (show the name on the screen). Arachne had a very high opinion of herself.

I would like all the people over here (pointing to some audience), these five. Whenever I say “Arachne”, you’re gonna say “I’m the best” (hold up his thumb). We will do the action as well. Arachne!

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

Why did she feel that she was the best? Well, she would make tapestry (show a picture of tapestry). A tapestry is a way of making a picture using threads, different coloured threads, weaving. She would make the most beautiful tapestries. Whenever I say the word “tapestry”, I want you to go “Wow! It’s so real!” (hands up with amazement). Tapestry!

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands)

No, no, no, hello, you are not here, ok? I appreciate the enthusiasm.

Arachne!

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

Hello, wakie-wakie, okay alright, it’s after lunch. Now, you may not have made any tapestries yourself, and it uses a special machine.

It’s called a loom (show the picture of a loom). And it’s basically a wooden frame and it has a lot of threads hanging this way which I think is called the weft. And then you weave (mime going through the thread) through your coloured threads, going in and out. To weave them in and out is to use this piece of wood and that’s called a shuttle. Yesterday I came on the shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel (point from right to left). The space shuttle went from the Earth up to the space station and back (point from low to high). Shuttle is anything that goes backwards and forwards. The shuttlecock in badminton, ok, same idea. I want this group (point to some audience), just this group here, whenever I say “shuttle”, Storyteller:

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you’re gonna go “Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!” (draw a letter “z” with his hand in the air) Shuttle!

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air) Ok, very good. There is one other character in this story and her name is Athena. She is the Goddess of Wisdom. Athens was her city. It’s named after Athena. Now, whenever I say “Athena”, I need this group here to go “Ah! The Goddess!” (put his hands together in front of his chests). Athena.

Ah! The Goddess! (put their hands together in front of their chests) And one more, whenever I say the word “people”, I need you all to go “That’s us!” (raise his right hand). People.

That’s us! (raise their right hands) Arachne…

I’m the best (hold up their thumbs)

…loved to make tapestry.

Wow! It’s so real! (raise their hands) When she did, her shuttle… (pause)

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…would fly backwards and forwards so fast that all the people…

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That’s us! Hello, come on, ok? Now you see why we have to do this in the university. It’s quite difficult, right? All the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…would stare with an amazement because her tapestry…

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands)

…was so live. This is in the days long before cameras. Whenever Arachne…

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

…would put up one of her tapestries.

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands) Then, the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…were astonished and she was very proud of her work and Audience:

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Arachne…

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

…would continue to boast. The people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…would say, “no, no, no… you mustn’t say that because you know you are not the only person to make tapestry.

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands) The Goddess Athena…

Ah! The Goddess! (put their hands together in front of their chests)

…also likes to weave and she would not be happy if you continue boasting about how good you are”. “I don’t care!” said Arachne.

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

A few days later, she had an exhibition of all her latest tapestries.

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands) And among all the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…who came to see her work on display was a little old lady in a long grey cape. And she walked along looking at all the different pictures and finally she came to Arachne.

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

And she said, “Yes your work is very good but I happened to think that the tapestry…

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands)

…made by Athena…

Ah! The Goddess!

…is as good as yours.” “No way!” said Arachne.

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

And as soon as she said that, there was a big flash and a loud bang and a puff of smoke. When the smoke cleared, the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…saw that the little old lady had disappeared too. And standing in her place resplendent in a beautiful blue cape was none other than the Goddess Athena.

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Oh! The Goddess!

She said, “So, you think your shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…is better than my shuttle?

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air) We shall have a competition to see whose shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…is the best shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…in the whole of Greece.” So the very next day, the two women sat to work, and all the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…stood in the middle, watching one shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…and the other shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air) And as they watched, the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…were amazed because Arachne…

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

…was busy over here, and Athena…

Ah! The Goddess!

…was busy over there. She made a tapestry…

Wow! It’s so real! (raise both their hands)

…that showed Mount Olympus. That’s not where the camera came from. Olympus was the home of the gods, the Greek gods.

In this particular picture, they could see Zeus himself, the king of all the gods. It seemed to the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…that they were in the presence of the god, but when the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…looked at the tapestry…

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…made by Arachne,

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

…they saw a forest, and in the forest there was a lion and it was so real as if the lion was about to leap out from the picture. It was so real that all the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…recoiled in fear and even Athena…

Ah! The Goddess! (put their hands together in front of their chests)

…turned and said, “Yes Arachne…

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

Yes that’s what you keep saying and I must say that your shuttle…

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

…is better than my shuttle.”

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! (draw a letter “z” with their hands in the air)

“Yes!” said Arachne.

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

“So you said again, but because you are so proud and like to boast, you will be punished. From this day forward, when people see you weaving, they will recoil in horror.” “Oh yeah,” said Arachne.

I’m the best! (hold up their thumbs)

Suddenly there was another flash of light, a big bang boom and a cloud of smoke. And when the smoke cleared, the people…

That’s us! (raise their right hands)

…saw that she had disappeared too and in her place on the ground was a spider. To this day, spiders continue to weave their webs, not a tapestry. Whenever we see those webs, we go “errrr” and recoil in horror. That is why to this day, spiders are known as members of the Arachnid family. (show the picture of a spider)

Ah…

This is why you tell stories because whenever you get that “Ah” at the end of a story, thank you. Where does this come from? When scientists, back in the 17th to 18th century, were looking to classify animals, they in their schools in their day had to study the classics, Storyteller:

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they had to study the Greek and the Latin stories. One of them would have remembered this story and that’s why he said let’s call the spider arachnid from Arachne.

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