Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Today’s fun game is going to use your creativity: The Story Chain .



- I'm going to start with the beginning of a sentence
- The next person completes this sentence under spoiler tags to form a story and writes the beginning of the another sentence followed by "..."
- Without reading what's under the previous spoiler tags, the next person completes the sentence and starts a new one, and so on.

Here's an example:
Member 1: I got up early this morning and decided to...
Member 2: (view spoiler)[go for a run in the forest. (hide spoiler)] It rained the night before...
Member 3: (view spoiler)[so there were slugs on the road. (hide spoiler)] I tried to avoid them...
Member 4: (view spoiler)[because I hate my neighbors. (hide spoiler)] They always try to invite me to dinner...
etc.

I encourage you to use the same spirit that made me laugh so much in the Alphabetical Categories game to create a story that you could follow but that would be a bit crazy! ;)

I really needed a coffee when I woke up yesterday morning because...

Sophie wrote: "I really needed a coffee when I woke up yesterday morning because..."

(view spoiler)[...I was up late trying to find the entrance to Narnia. (hide spoiler)]

While having my coffee, I heard my doorbell ring and it was...

(view spoiler)[with great surprise that I found Digger on my porch. (hide spoiler)] Digger is...

(view spoiler)[a purple Leprechaun that sometimes comes and say hi. (hide spoiler)] He brought me to the pond...

(view spoiler)[where he showed me a big red stone. (hide spoiler)] He lifted the stone and...

(view spoiler)[...to my surprise, an image formed on its surface. (hide spoiler)] That image was...

(view spoiler)[ of a green fairy with long blue hair, holding a big book. (hide spoiler)] Suddenly the water in the pond ...

(view spoiler)[stare in awe at the fairy. (hide spoiler)]. Digger turned to me and said ...

(view spoiler)["Oh! This is just magnificent!" (hide spoiler)] Smiling, Digger held up one finger and...

(view spoiler)[pointed at the strange creature curled up asleep in the corner. (hide spoiler)]. He looked back at me and said "don't wake the...

(view spoiler)[ rodents of unusal size, you donxt want to see them awake. (hide spoiler)]. I asked Digger what happens when it wakes up? Digger replied....

(view spoiler)[ I'm not sure but let's not find out. (hide spoiler)] As I looked around to see...

(view spoiler)[if we were being followed (hide spoiler)] Digger started yelling...

(view spoiler)["Watch out for the penguins!" (hide spoiler)] Then, he told us that we should...

(view spoiler)[run for our lives immediately! (hide spoiler)] I didn't hesitate to take his advice, so...

(view spoiler)[we climbed on a tree because penguins don't have claws. (hide spoiler)] We waited there for...

(view spoiler)[ the monster to go back into the pond (hide spoiler)] Digger thought we should go to the...

(view spoiler)[car show. (hide spoiler)] I wasn't in the mood so...

(view spoiler)[ I suggested we have a drink instead. (hide spoiler)] Digger had another idea.....

(view spoiler)["Let's go breakdancing with Ed!" (hide spoiler)] That didn't sound like a dangerous thing to do...

(view spoiler)[until I almost break my leg (hide spoiler)] He screamed saying that ...

(view spoiler)[clearly only a person who had never encountered a fire-breathing hen could say such a thing! (hide spoiler)]. He grabbed the fire extinguisher and...

(view spoiler)[sprayed it all over the floor (hide spoiler)]. Everyone started running and ...

(view spoiler)[ until we realized there was no danger (hide spoiler)] We all laughed...

(view spoiler)[but only for a short time as fire-breathing ants we arriving now. (hide spoiler)] We needed to save all those people

(view spoiler)[ by calling the fire-breathing anteater (hide spoiler)] We did the only thing we could think of ...

We jumped in a boat a nearby pond and...