Storytelling Starters ~ Three items to entertain you
Saturday, February 16th, 2019I’ve been sorting. Sorting is a very satisfying thing to do at any time but especially at this time of the year. My file box labelled Songs, Poems, Sayings has produced three items I’d love to share with you.
Item 1 – part of a poem:
When a day passes it is no longer there.
What remains of it? Nothing more than a story.
If stories weren’t told or books weren’t
written, man would live like beasts – only
for the day.
Today, we live, but by tomorrow today
will be a story.
The whole world, all human life
is one long story.
These lovely lines come from Naftali and His Horse, a children’s book by Isaac Bashevis Singer. (more…)