Week 1: Storytelling

Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall;

Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall; 

Three score men and three score more

Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before

(Original nursery rhyme) 

Humpty Dumpty was on a walk when he saw his best friend Jake. Jake was with his girlfriend, so Humpty Dumpty climbed onto the wall to spy on them. 

-Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall-

Humpty was in a jealous rage because Jake was spending too much time with his new girlfriend. He yelled at Jake and said, "Jake and Savannah sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Jake was enraged, so he grabbed a rock and threw it at Humpty Dumpty. While trying to avoid being hit by the rock, Humpty Dumpty lost his balance and tumbled to the ground. 

- Humpty Dumpty had a great fall-

Humpty Dumpty let out a loud screech from the pain, and people from all over the park ran over to help him.

-Three score men and three score more-

Humpty Dumpty was so very injured to the point of no repair. Jake felt very guilty and sad as they were unable to help Humpty Dumpty be as good as new. 

-Could not put Humpty as he was before- 

Authors Note: This story is based on the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" which is quoted there in the story; you can find the rhyme in The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang (1897). For this story, I came up with the idea from a good friend of mine, Suzanna Smith. She came up with this idea from a television show that she had been watching where a boy and girl were spending too much time together and one of their best friends got very jealous and it ended badly.