ANECDOTE

Snake in the Bath

Abstract

How would you like to find a snake in your bath?

A nasty one too!

Orientation

We had just moved into a new house, which had been empty for so long that everything
was in a terrible mess. Anna and I decided we would clean the bath first, so we set to, and
turned on the tap.

Crisis

Suddenly to my horror, a snake’s head appeared in the plug-hole. Then out slithered the
rest of his long thin body. He twisted and turned on the slippery bottom of the bath, spitting
and hissing at us.

Incident

For an instant I stood there quite paralysed. Then I yelled for my husband, who luckily
came running and killed the snake with the handle of a broom. Anna, who was only three at
the time, was quite interested in the whole business. Indeed I had to pull her out of the
way or she’d probably have leant over the bath to get a better look!

Coda

We found out later that it was a black mamba, a poisonous kind of snake. It had obviously
been fast asleep, curled up at the bottom of the nice warm water-pipe. It must have had
an awful shock when the cold water came trickling down! But nothing to the shock
I got! Ever since then I’ve always put the plug in firmly before running the bath water.

NARRATIVE

Snow White

Orientation

Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her Aunt
and Uncle because her parents were dead.

Major Complication

One day she heard her Uncle and Aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle
because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have enough money to take
Snow White.

Resolution

Snow White did not want her Uncle and Aunt to do this so she decided it would be best
if she ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her Aunt and Uncle
were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods.

Complication

She was very tired and hungry.

Resolution

Then she saw this little cottage. She knocked but no one answered so she went inside and
fell asleep.

Complication

Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There
they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The
dwarfs said, what is your name? Snow White said, ‘My name is Snow White’.

Major Resolution

Doc said, ‘If you wish, you may live here with us”. Snow White said, ‘Oh
could(I) ?.Thankyou’. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White
and the 7 dwarfs lived happily ever after.