Blurbs

1. Devil went down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels)
The Devil thought he was the best fiddle player in the state of Georgia. He went around and started challenging people. One of the people he challenged was Johnny. The Devil bet that he could beat him. If he beat him than he got Johnny's soul. If Johnny beats him than he gets the Devils golden fiddle. Johnny took the Devils bet and beat him.

2. Cats in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
A boy wants to spend time with his dad. When he calls his dad the dad is always busy and cannot play with his son. Later in life the dad calls his son wanting to spend time with him and the son is living a busy life and cannot spend time with his dad. The dad realizes that his son turned out just like him.

3. Silence on the Line (Chris Ledoux)
An old rodeo guy has been away from home for sometime. He calls his wife in Colorado, she is not happy with how long he has been gone. The old cowboy says that he has a friend that is crippled and asks if he could bring him home. The wife says no that there is too much that has to be done and he would just be in the way. There is a silence on the line. He hangs up the phone gets his crutches and wishes that he was on the Colorado bus. He hopes the weather is nice in Mexico.

4. There Goes My Life (Kenny Chesney)
A young guy finds out that his girlfriend is pregnant. He got sad and and thinks that his dreams are going up in smoke. He doesn't know how he is going to raise a child, when he is only one himself. A few years later he grew to love his daughter, what he thought was the biggest mistake he had ever made. Years later, the dad was sad to see his daughter headed to the west coast.

5. Wrinkles (Diamond Rio)
A boy got out of the tub and saw that he had wrinkles, he showed them to his dad and his dad sat him down and said they are nothing to be scared of. He walked down the hall and heard his mom talking about how she missed the younger years. Then the boy told her how they were just wrinkles they are nothing to be scared of. The boy talks about how everyone is going to have a few wrinkles.

Story Song

Song: Devil went down to Georgia
Artist: Charlie Daniels
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/daniels-charlie/devil-went-down-to-georgia-10926.html

Plot:
The devil challenges a boy named Johny to a fiddle contest. If the devil wins then he gets Johnny's soul and if Johnny wins than he gets the Devils golden fiddle.

Characters:
The Devil
Johnny

Conflict:
Johnny took the Devils bet and now Johnny has to play better on the fiddle than the Devil or he will get Johnny's soul.

Theme:
You shouldn't bet because the Devil thought that he was the best at the fiddle and would never lose. He went around challenging people and Johnny took his challenge and beat him.

Setting:
State of Georgia

6-word Memoirs

Top 10
1. Want to be a kid again
2. Almost got to see my maker
3. Closed my eyes, now I'm 70
4. Someday I will have facial hair
5. Whooaa who lets the apes in
6. I doubt they will come through
7. Walking through the park in NY
8. Betos, steak and eggs, pretty good
9. My parents are driving me INSANE!
10. Someday I might actually like church

Grand Theft Poetry

Soon:

I'm as happy as a lark consider these minutes golden
On that clear October morning children asked, why
They did not understand we ran into Reverend Bradford
He too was beaming of joy and happiness
The time is almost here we will see him soon
The children asked why must we go
The world is of chains and restrictions, constant problems
Where we are going has no restrictions, you will be free
We die soon
Soon we shall be part of the tombs full of soundless bones
Soon we will be in a much better place
The best place any person could want to be
Wake me when I'm free

Second Draft (bad poetry)

What did I do today:

Today is the first of May
What did I do today
I went to the bay and
Talked to Aunt Fay like usual
She had nothing to say
I went on my way
Collecting my pay and
Even bought a bale of hay
Its been one heck of a day
On the first of May

Very Bad Poetry

Nothing Knew:

Today was like all other days, nothing knew
I try and try each day to find something to do
I even sit and listen to the cows moo while trying
to figure out something to do
so I can say that I did something knew
24 hours a day my life is very boring
while all of my friends lives are constantly soaring
I will do what I did today tomorrow
I will get the same results, nothing knew

The Impulse

M - Nice day out ma'am
F - Yes sir sure is
M - Where you headed
F - Dover
M - Why you headed there?
F - Some family problems
M - How long you gonna be there?
F - As long as it takes
M - To do what?
F - Settle some family problems
M - What kind of family problems?
F - My father is being held hostage and they want 1 million before they release him
M - Oh, my, you don't hear that story everyday
F - Yeah
M - Is that whats in the suitcase?
F - what?
M- The money
F - Um . . .
M - Can I see it?
F - Um . . .
M - Please! I have never seen 1 million dollars before
F - I think not this money is for my father and I am not going to chance his life!
M - Come on! We are the only ones out here, what can happen?
F - Lots could happen! No way!
M - Your just being over careful!
F - I love my father and I this money is his life!
M - If you let me see it then I won't tell anybody theres money in that suitcase
F - Who you gonna tell we are the only 2 out here
M - I will tell people on the train, someone on the train will steal that money
F - You wouldn't!
M - Or would I?
F - Why do you want to see 1 million dollars?
M - Because I've never seen it before
F - Fine as long as no one else finds out on the train
M - Alright
F - You stand 10 feet back so I know you won't steal any
M - Fine. Hurry up here comes the train.