bonewitchery:
“★*ﾟ‘ﾟ･ Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Sentence Meme (part two) ･*ﾟ‘ﾟ ★
“When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories…the best place by the fire was kept for…The Storyteller.”
Change pronouns/phrasing/tense/etc as needed!
The Three Ravens
“But there was one among the mourners whose eyes were dry…”
“You may well weep.”
“But the witch could charm the skin from a snake.”
“That’s witchery!”
“I hate that witch.”
“A magic forest!”
“You’re being very mysterious.”
“I sewed each one by hand.”
“I can’t look at you.”
“Oh, please do. Please look at me.”
“You must keep silent. You must not speak to a single soul for three years, three months, three weeks and three days. Only then can the spell be broken.”
“Have you been cursed, is that it?”
“Killer of my father! Bewitcher of my brothers!”
“Don’t worry, I’m here.”
“It’s horrible, I can’t believe it. She’s a witch.”
“She practised her smile until it was perfect.”
The Heartless Giant
“On the whole, there’s absolutely no need to be frightened of giants. Giants are gentle, perfectly harmless. Very affectionate.”
“I don’t believe it!”
“Would you like to be my friend?”
“This is my punishment. I deserve it.”
“And from that moment, the boy in him, the innocent heart, the joy in him, they were gone.”
“Please, please…or I must surely die.”
“This is the giant’s work.”
“He’s no one’s friend, he has no heart in his body.”
“I don’t treat you badly, do I?”
“He who pries, is prone to die.”
“Where have you been?!”
“Like with like, spite with spite, all the pain you’ve caused, I now repay!”
“A little boy once met a giant and they became friends.”
The Luck Child
“It’s luck, it’s a gift, it’s a blessing and therefore can’t be undone.”
“It happened in a week with two Fridays.”
“A Luck Child, poor as penance, rich as snow, the seventh son of a seventh son.”
“You can’t put gold to your breast, you can’t hear its heartbeat.”
“Otherwise we’d all be lords and no king, and then what?”
“You’re a lucky one, then.”
“You’ve fallen in among thieves, I’m afraid.”
“I’m supposed to be lucky.”
“Your luck’s run out, oh dear me, yes.”
“For love, for justice, for fame, for fortune.”
“Always in the end, terrible cries, splintering bones, the suck, suck, suck of juices.”
“Okay! Food now!”
“Busy day ahead, eating people and wreaking havoc.”
“No one has ever come back.”
“I’ve done as you bid.”
“On the other shore, gold lies were pebbles should, emeralds where sand and where the sea breaks, diamonds form.”
“So if you come one day to a lake, and there’s an island and a ferry goes back and forth rowed by an old sad man, turn around. Griffins live there. You may never get off the boat.”
“Nature, my dear, is a wise woman who pays us back, tit for tat.”
