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On thursday morning, I went to Burg Park to volunteer at the
storytelling festival. I was stationed at the LaPlata tent. I had the pleasure of listening to Kim Weitkamp.
This experience was very satisfying for me because I felt good about volunteering and I really had a good time.
I was able to see the reation from all of the kids when she told her stories about being a kid. These stories were exciting,
descriptive, and interesting. I was there to count all of the people going in, but soon found myself loosing count because
I was envolved in her stories. These stories were so kid friendly and usually had a moral. One of the stories was
about getting in trouble at school for talking too much and being sent to the principal's office. She explained that
everytime she went she was warned eventhough she was scared she would get a huge swat. When she realized nothing terrible
was going to happen she just went crazy with her talking. On the last visit to the pricipal's office, she recieved the
hardest swat she had ever had resulting from not being able to sit down for a week. The kids loved this story because
most of them can relate to getting in trouble for talking. This story also had a moral. Don't take anything for
granted. Just because something doesn't usually happen doesn't mean it will never happen.
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