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Abi
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An Annoyingly Dysfunctional Family Saves a Dysfunctional
Town From a Giant with a BIG Personal Hygiene Problem! |
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This is the first
story I ever told. I learned it as a kid off of a Pete Seeger record.
Seeger's original version takes about 8 minutes. Mine takes about 45
minutes! Let's just say I've had a lot of fun with my adaptation
techniques! In Pete's original the boy plays a ukulele. Since I'm always
getting in trouble for playing the drums I had him be a drummer... |
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Anyway, to summarize the story, Abi Yo Yo
comes into this town every once in a while eating everything in site,
cows, horses, whole flocks of sheep. By the time he gets to the
edge of town he is usually ready for dessert. ("Yum! Pee-pull!
Goood!") |
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Now in the town they usually ostracize any
body who can't follow all the rules perfectly. And the edge of town is
where those people live. It's a simple way to get rid of trouble makers.
But then Abi Yo Yo doesn't show up for such a long time that people
start flaunting the rules and getting on each others nerves. Children
refuse to eat broccoli. Drivers stop stopping at stop signs. People
throw their garbage all over etc. Eventually three members of one family
start to get so out of line that it begins to really bug the other
residents!. |
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Suffice it to say that the main characters
are a trio of "creative" types: |
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We have a drummer who practices ALL
THE TIME!.
We have his sister, a painter who uses public buildings for her
"canvases". And,
We have their father, a magician who is constantly making stuff
disappear. |
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Eventually they get ostracized. Of course
Abi Yo Yo shows up and it is the outcasts that save everyone else from
becoming "dessert" |
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Program Length: 45-60 minutes
Age Appropriate: K-12
Note: Can be easily adapted to support the "Pillars of
Character" Program or any other "character" education
themes. |
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Drums: Irish Bodhran, Siberian Shaman
Drum, African Djembe, African Djun-djun and more |
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Sound effects: "The Wooo
Sound", Thunder Tubes, Zing Thing, Palm Nut Shakers, Wrench
Chimes and more |
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