Who is telling the story? Try playing around with point of view. Write an outline for a short scene with two characters in conflict (it doesn’t have to be too serious, they could just be disagreeing over who gets to use the bathroom first or eat the last piece of pie). What happens? Why is there even an argument? Write the scene as a short story from one character’s perspective. Now switch roles, and write it again from the other perspective.
COVID-19
Snow White Has COVID-19, a story by Simran Adnani, 6
Simran Adnani, 6Troy, MI Snow White Has COVID-19 Simran Adnani, 6 The Queen sat by her window. Pricking her finger on a needle, she wished for a child. She had a beautiful daughter called Snow White. When Snow White was 6 years old, the Queen died, and the King married a cruel stepmother. Stepmother made a magic mirror and asked it,” Who is the fairest of all?” Mirror said, “Snow White is the fairest of all. Queen you look very fair normally but today you look rather pale, what is the matter?” The Queen got a nasal swab and her COVID test came back positive. She made a COVID poisoned apple by biting it that she thought she would use later for hurting Snow White. Then she took Remdesavir (the drug that treats COVID) which completely cured the Queen. But the Queen did not believe in social distancing and called the Huntsman. She ordered him to take Snow White to the jungle and kill her. But the Huntsman was kind and let Snow White go. Snow White was tired walking in the forest. She decided to rest in the house of the seven dwarfs. They were called Cheeky, Squeezy, Fishy, Curious, Puffy, Lazy and Knowledgy . Snow White ate from Cheeky’s cereal bowl and slept off. When the dwarfs returned, they all had masks on their faces. Snow White was alarmed to see them and she started to run away. Knowledgy stopped her and informed her that masks were only to protect them from COVID. She didn’t understand the need for masks. Next day the dwarfs left for work and warned Snow White of the wicked stepmother. Snow White didn’t listen and opened the door to the evil step mother. The queen who was a COVID survivor and was wearing a mask, offered Snow White an apple that she had previously poisoned. Snow White took a bite and fell unconscious. The dwarfs returned and were very sad. Knowledgy checked her heart and noticed that it wasn’t beating. “The evil stepmother gave her COVID,” said Curious. Then they buried her in the cemetery as it would be dangerous to put her in a glass coffin. The Prince heard about Snow White’s death and was very sad. However, he did not kiss her for fear of getting sick.
Friendship, a cartoon by Natya Chandrasekar, 12
Natya Chandrasekar, 12Palo Alto, CA Friendship Natya Chandrasekar, 12 I created the friendship cartoon after I came from a walk where 2 friends were walking 6 feet apart and I realized this is going to be the way of life after the coronavirus. Natya is selling prints of all of her cartoons to raise funds for a nonprofit organization in her local area called REF (Ravenswood Education Foundation), which has established an emergency fund to provide financial relief related to the school closures due to COVID-19. Ninety percent of students in the school area qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, and the majority of their parents work hourly service jobs. REF is working closely with the school district to plan and address specific needs, including in technology and distance learning, food and food distribution, emergency childcare, and financial support. We at Stone Soup are very happy to support Natya in spreading the word, and congratulate her on her work and her fundraising efforts for her community–well done, Natya! You can look at the complete collection of cartoons and choose your favourites either in this Dropbox Folder or Google Drive folder, and write to Natya if you would like to obtain a copy of your own. You may pay for the prints either by making a direct donation to REF here, or discussing directly with Natya and her family.
