Act 1. Scene 3.

Your task is to take the story about how evil comes into the world, from King’s text, and change it to tell it. First, learn the story by heart, and then tell the story to your friends and family. When you are finished, post a blog with your version of the story and some commentary on what you discovered. If you want, you can post a video of you telling the story, in place of text.

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I have a story to tell you. A story about how evil came into this world. A story that began a long long time ago…

There once was a child, born with golden locks and eyes that shone as bright as the stars. She was blessed with a kind nature and a loving heart and all who knew her, loved her. Her name was Matilda and she was a very special girl. In fact, she had these 3 fairies who guided her and played with her all throughout the day. These 3 fairies were Blue, Green and Red. They loved Matilda very much and sought to always protect her from any harm. Every night before Matilda went to bed, the 3 fairies would tell her a bedtime story filled with wonder, love and magic.

Now these 3 fairies were playful and like to play while Matilda was taking her afternoon naps. Once, while they were playing Hide-n-Seek, Red’s tail got caught in the ground in between the rocks. She panicked as Blue and Green were far away and could not hear her cries of help. After a while, Blue and Green got worried and flew back to see what was holding Red. But it was too late, her tail was broken and she would never be as beautiful as Blue and Green again. Red grew angry as she blamed this incident on Blue and Green. She thought nasty thoughts and wished for their misfortune.

One day, just like always, Blue, Green and Red were telling Matilda a story before she went to bed. But on this night Red was quiet and did not participate much in the telling of the story. Matilda grew worried and asked Red what was wrong. By now, Red’s anger had been transformed to include every living creature on Earth. It was because of the rocks that had gotten her stuck. It was because of the ground that was so wet and sticky that got her stuck. It was because none of the other animals helped her. It was because Blue and Green always got more attention that she did. And her anger grew and grew, till it could not be contained anymore and she told a story full of horror, betrayal and hatred and Matilda cried and could not sleep that night. Blue and Green demanded that Red take back her story, but in response, Red said: “A story once told, can never be taken back”.

Since then, darkness, fear, betrayal and evil has been in Matilda’s heart and it will never go away.