So, remember how I said that I started this blog so I wouldn't feel guilty when my AP English teacher brought it up? Well, it's now mandatory for us to write for at least fifteen minutes every day. Good thing I got started on this early.
Well, I guess today we'll experiment with storytelling. I understand that things I find extremely amusing aren't necessarily what you find funny, but I'm writing this, not you, and nobody (as far as I know) is forcing you to read this. If you don't find something I say funny, chill. I don't care.
All right, in my Spanish 2 class, my teacher (whom we will refer to as Señor Herrero) has us draw a personified object, and then he picks one that will fit his idea for a story the best. The artist of the winning drawing has the option of being the "actor" (they don't really do a whole lot). He also chooses a couple people to be the artists of the story as it progresses and a couple secretaries to write down words or phrases they find interesting (after all, the story is mostly told in Spanish).
Today, the drawing of a balloon was the winner. Acting was passed to someone else and the artists and secretaries were chosen. We decided on a name: Tina. Señor Herrero cut a balloon shape out of a red piece of paper and handed it to the actress. He then handed other colored pieces of paper to other students and had them cut out balloon shapes. I had the honor of being the yellow "balloon." Usually how the stories go is Señor Herrero will go through the basic plot while we come up with different details and appropriate reactions. He informed us at the beginning that the balloon would end up in jail at the end.
Tina was a red balloon living in a party store with her other balloon friends: Verde, Anaranjado, Amarilla, and Blanca. Tina and Verde liked each other--a lot. Amarilla and Blanca were jealous, Amarilla especially. So, one night, she took an ugly hat to where Tina was sleeping and put it on her. Amarilla made fun of her. When Blanca and Anaranjado saw Tina wearing the ugly hat, they joined in. The question was, would Verde make fun of Tina?
The answer was absolutely. This went on for three days, with Tina's former friends making fun of the ugly hat and Tina.
At this point, we were all kind of chuckling. I mean, how else can you react to a story about balloon drama? Señor Herrero then retrieved the scissors that the actress of Blanca was still holding...then handed them to the actress of Tina.
The mood of the class changed dramatically. The actors of Anaranjado and Verde started panicking a bit. The rest were murmuring uncomfortably and starting to look a little apprehensive, but still giggling a bit. Señor Herrero then said, "Well, didn't we say that Tina ends up in jail at the end?"
Verde really started throwing a fit. There were several exclamations from the class. Señor Herrero shrugged. "No one said that these stories were G-rated." More panic, but quite a bit of laughter now too.
First, Tina went to Anaranjado (despite the protests from the actor that Amarilla was the one who started it). Tina stabbed him, and he was gone with a pop. She then went to Blanca and cut off the very tip so that she blew all around the story. Then...she went to Verde.
Verde begged and pleaded, trying to remind her of their friendship. Tina mercilessly cut his string so he soared up into the atmosphere, screaming all the way. Finally, she arrived at Amarilla, who also begged and pleaded. She offered frantic apologies and excuses. Then, quite suddenly, she popped from fear.
Tina's work finished, she floated out the door to Hawaii. Unfortunately for her, the sleepy security guard saw her fly away, and the police caught her in a matter of minutes. She then went to jail, and the story was done. We then looked at the artists' depictions. Anaranjado's death was especially violent.
While I'd like to say that all the stories in Spanish 2 are like this, they're not. I don't think I've ever witnessed one quite as violent, but they're all very strange and involve lots of random objects and plot twists and such. I have to say, though, this one was by far my favorite.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I enjoyed the story immensely.
I hope your day is as awesome as you.
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