The Wonky Donkey
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs.
He was a wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only three legs
and one eye
He was a winky wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye, and he liked to listen to country music.
He was a honky tonky winky wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye, and he liked to listen to country music,
and he was quite tall and slim.
He was a lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye, and he liked to listen to country music,
and he was quite tall and slim
……. and he smelled really really bad.
He was a stinky dinky, lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye and he liked to listen to country music,
and he was quite tall and slim, and he smelled really bad and
…….that morning he gotten up early and he hadn't had any coffee.
He was a cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye and he liked to listen to country music,
and he was quite tall and slim, and he smelled really bad and
that morning he gotten up early and he hadn't had any coffee
…..and he was always getting up to mischief.
He was a hanky panky, cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
He only had three legs,
one eye and he liked to listen to country music, and he was quite tall and slim, and he smelled really bad and that morning he gotten up early and he hadn't had any coffee
and he was always getting up to mischief
….. but he was quite good looking.
He was a spunky, hanky panky, cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey.
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey.
HeeHaw!
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Cumulative stories are rhythmic stories with a narration that builds upon itself, adding on and repeating previous information. In cumulative stories, all previous events are repeated when a new event happens.
Alliteration
Rhyme
Cadence
So What Are The Rules to a Cumulative Tale? ←source
A cumulative tale can rhyme, or not. Your choice.
The prose must be tight, simple and not too difficult to read aloud.
It should NOT be a tongue twister. It should feel like you can sing the story.
The characters are certain classic types, and they’re flat and static. They should not feel real.
The story is more about a theme than character. Theme is key.
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STUDENT EXAMPLES of CUMULATIVE TALES:
I Woke up and Saw a Fairy
by
A. Columbia (11-2022)
I woke up and I saw a fairy,
Yikes!
And she was stealing my baby teeth!
She was a scary fairy.
I woke up and I saw a fairy,
Yikes!
She was stealing my baby teeth…
and yelped when she saw me!
She was a shaky scary fairy.
I woke up and I saw a fairy,
Yikes!
She was stealing my baby teeth,
yelped when she saw me…
and bumped into my table!
She was a clumsy-dumbsy shaky scary fairy.
I woke up and I saw a fairy,
Yikes!
She was stealing my baby teeth,
yelped when she saw me,
bumped into my table…
and burst into tears
She was a lousy clumsy-dumbsy shaky scary fairy.
I woke up and I saw a fairy
Yikes!
She was stealing my baby teeth,
yelped when she saw me,
bumped into my table
burst into tears…
and I realized that she needed a friend.
She was a lonely lousy clumsy-dumbsy shaky scary fairy.
I woke up and I saw a fairy
Yikes!
She was stealing my baby teeth,
yelped when she saw me,
bumped into my table
burst into tears,
and realizing that she needed a friend,
I suggested we watch a movie together.
Together, we were lousy clumsy-dumbsy shaky and scary...
But we were never lonely!
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Fishie
by
D. Columbia (11-2022)
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about.
She was a splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about and she was extremely dazzling.
She was a flashy splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about, she was extremely dazzling, and she was very foolish.
She was a silly flashy splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about, she was extremely dazzling, although she was very foolish, and she was very cocky.
She was a sassy silly flashy splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about, she was extremely dazzling, although she was very foolish, she was very cocky, and she had a relentless itch.
She was an itchy sassy silly flashy splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
She liked to leap about, she was extremely dazzling, although she was very foolish, she was very cocky, she had a relentless itch, and she came from Tallahassee.
She was a Tallahassee lassie, itchy sassy silly flashy splishy-splashy fishie.
I was swimming in a lake and I saw a fishie.
Blub blub
