Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.

      

Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.

WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS: INDIANTALE

WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in the daytime? For the same reason that the Owls try to kill the Crows while they sleep at night
Listen to a tale of long ago and then you will see why.
Once upon a time, the people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man for their king. The four-footed animals also took one of their numbers for their king. The fish in the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then the birds gathered together on a great flat rock, crying:
"Among men there is a king, and among the beasts, and the fish have one, too; but we bird have none. We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now."
And so the birds talked the matter over and at last they all said, "Let us have the Owl for our king."
No, not all, for one old Crow rose up and said, "For my part, I don't want the Owl to be our king. Look at him now while you are all crying that you want him for your king. See how sour he looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!"
Then the Crow flew up into the air crying, "I don't like it! I don't like it!" The Owl rose and followed him. From that time on the Crows and the Owls have been enemies. The birds chose a Turtle Dove to be their king, and then flew to their homes.

i) You have been asked to narrate the above story to a group of young people. What four things would you do to attract their attention?

ii) If you were narrating the above story to young children, how do you ensure you sustain their attention for the entire course of the narration?

iii) How would you say the line “I don't like it! I don't like it!"?

  

Answers


Martin
I would capture attention by:

-Singing a song.
-Posing a riddle.
-Clapping my hands.
-Banging the table.
-Whistling

I would sustain the interest by:

-Appropriate tonal variation
-Effective gestures
-Appropriate facial expression.
-Mimicry or imitation

I would say the line by:

-Stressing the words 'don't like' because they are emphatic words.
-I would shake my head as I say them to show my dislike for what has been decided.
-I would raise my tone to emphasize the message


marto answered the question on August 6, 2019 at 06:20


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