Let's Make Up A Story (1972)

[Music] what's your favorite Story Jamie and the leopard here is George the snowy day suppose you wanted to make up a story you know what you'd have to use your imagination with your imagination you can be anyone [Music] with your imagination you can go [Music] anywhere with your imagination you can do anything [Music] first you have to imagine some characters for your story of course you can use people real people or make believe people [Music] mhm remember the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch MH oh yeah [Music] he loves his daughter very much but he loves his gold even more King Midas is greedy you can also use animals for your characters remember this famous story The Three Little Pigs right they're characters who else the big bad [Music] wolf you can use other kinds of characters too [Music] things a lighthouse and a little ship right and in this story the characters are a lady an egg beater some eggs if you were making up a story there are a lot of characters you could use Humpty Dumpty a scary man a sailor a baby [Music] duck next your story needs a setting the location for your story what's the setting in this story a big [Music] boat a castle let's imagine some of our own settings can you describe them Under the Sea how about inside this beach ball that's silly how about on a planet your setting could even be in the sky oh brother now that you have a setting and a character he has to do something right what if you were a dinosaur and found yourself in a swim pool what would you [Music] do what do your characters do what happens to them is the plot for instance little Tom Thumb has a problem an evil spider has come into the castle to steal the king's treasure but Tom has to stop it will he win come on Tommy go come on the egg beater and the housewife are having some difficulties the eggs in the carton are his friends he just can't beat them how will the egg beater and the housewife straighten out their problem that is the story's [Applause] plot The Ugly Duckling is so ugly that everyone always makes fun of [Music] him as he grows older he has no friends or family and he decides to live all [Music] alone then one day when he's swimming in the pond he looks down at the water and [Music] sees what happens to the ugly duckling is the plot of the [Music] story greedy King Midas has a big problem too he got his wish everything he touches turns to gold everything even his own daughter now what can he do he loves his daughter deeply but he loves his goal too what King Midas does is the story's plot in this story the town of Hamlin is cursed with thousands of rats yeah the mayor promises to pay the pi Piper anything if only he'll get rid of every [Music] rat so the piper charms the rats out of the town and into the forest never to [Music] return but when he goes to be paid the mayor won't keep his promise and refuses to pay the piper what does the pie hyperd do the way the characters solve their problem is the plot of the [Music] story imagine a plot from this picture and this one make up some action from this [Music] and [Music] this there's a plot in this picture and this one hey that's the moon uhhuh and finally your story needs an ending the ending tells what happens to the characters how the plot is settled at the end of this story does Tom Thumb win his battle with the evil spider come on get him come on go watch [Music] out [Applause] yay at the end of The Three Little Pigs which little pig is [Music] wisest What Becomes of the other little [Music] pigs what happens to the [Music] wolf remember the egg beater that had to beat up his friends the eggs what kind of ending would you make up she beats theeg away she puts him away okay okay you've got the idea now remember whatever story you make up first choose your characters they can be people or things or plants or animals next what kind of setting do you want for your characters be clear tell all the little things about it what's your setting look [Music] like now what happens to the characters in your story that's your plot [Music] finally you need an ending for your story [Music] imagination is your own special world you can create anything you want there so use your imagination you make up a story