Make Up a Story
Stories from Around the World
“The Tiny Fighters”
Cedar Grove at Canterbury Care and Rehabilitation Center, Cedar Grove, NJ
Recorded and Facilitated by Lillian Ribeiro
Story by members of the "Drama Club"
Timeslips Session #5
September 7, 2012
It is in the Spring, in March. Looks like a playground. There are a lot of signs, some buildings, and a woman who lost something in the snow. She’s not in the snow. They look like they’re on the shore on the beach. People are going in the water. They are at Seaside Heights, New Jersey or a suburban school, maybe Asbury Park. The building in the background could be in Asbury Park Hotel.
There are two little boys fighting. They are looking at each other. The other little boys are watching them and cheering them on. The boys are feeling real good. They’re trying to run around the bases. One of boys in the back, looks like he is going to fight with them. The other boy is watching. The boys are unhappy or jealous. One boy was using foul language. Oooo they don’t like each other. They used to be friends. They became enemies. They were playing football or baseball and they didn’t like the way one of them was playing because one of them was winning.
One got more attention than the other from people watching them. The boy’s names are Michael, Tony, Sam and Jeter. They are from different families but they are friends in school.
The parents are trying to raise their children go be good, to show respect, to have manners, to be good friends, and to get good jobs when they grow up. The parents are not there. Somebody who knows the parents came by and told the parents they were fighting. The parents came running and separated them. They gave each a smack on their backside. They reprimanded them saying, “This is not the way I’m raising you. Behave the right way and watch yourself. Act properly or else you’ll be punished on the beach.”
The mothers tell them to go with people they know and if they don’t know them to stay away.
One boy grows up to be Rocky Marciano and the other boy is the son of a priest at church, but not a Catholic Priest. One of the boys grows up to be Derek Jeter from the Yankees. One of them groups up to be a chemist, the other a tennis player, another a teacher, and an Indian Chief. The Indian Chief doesn’t like being a chief so he runs away and goes back home. They end up having a very nice future and they get along. One went with bad company got put in jail. The one boy who is the son of the doctor comes forward with medical case and says, “I’m ready boys.” THE END.
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