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This is designed to be a community project, where you can add ideas, thoughts, comments, and experiences related to the Pirates in Pajamas Story Creation process. From time to time, I’ll post something to spark imagination and get the story making process started, then you can add your comments and ideas to that post and share with other readers.
We’d all love to hear the stories and ideas you come up with – if you’re willing to share. Of course there is no pressure for Pulitzer Prize quality material – just fun stories that are meaningful to you and your family. Any thoughts or ideas are also welcome. This project is an ever-developing one, with new ideas being generated continually. Here’s the first topic to get your minds in gear…
Let me extend an invitation for you to post your ideas about a character I randomly select from the deck of Story Possibilities cards. Feel free to respond with your thoughts and ideas about how this character might look, feel, think, act, interact, speak, etc. Use the Character Development ‘play’-sheet (or any of the other story development tools) to help develop your ideas.
Are you ready for the character…
(drum roll please…) a KANGAROO !
Let’s start a world-wide brainstorming session. The more brains involved in this, the better. Because our children deserve the best.
And, you never know when you may need a Kangaroo in your story.
Thanks again for joining the Pirates in Pajamas community. We’re excited to have you on board!
What a great idea! I think a kangaroo named Spike would be fun. Of course his name could be exactly opposite from his personality – he could be quite timid and shy. Using opposite characteristics can be fun sometimes.
Maybe he doesn’t know how to jump or was born lame or maybe lost his bounce for some reason.
It would be fun if he had an accent, but I hear that an Australian accent is the hardest to fake.
Or maybe he was lost when he was a baby and was raised somewhere with a different accent or with other types of animal that don’t jump so he doesn’t either…..yet! He could discover his ability to jump while attempting a daring rescue where he surprises even himself and becomes a hero.
Do all Kangaroos have pouches or only females? Because a pouch could be cool for lots of possibilities.
I love your ideas! I had to google about the pouch. Only female Kangaroos have a pouch. I found some other cool stuff while I was looking I thought I’d share.
Kangaroos can only move forward not backward.
Kangaroos can go for months without drinking water.
Male kangaroos are known as Bucks, Boomers, or Jacks. Females are known as Does, Flyers or Jills. Baby kangaroos, regardless of sex, are called Joeys. (I thought the whole idea of a little girl Kangaroo named Joey could be fun to play with.)
Joeys can frequently be seen peeking from their mothers pouch and it was this “two-headed” appearance that caused early explorers to be disbelieved when they returned to Europe with stories of the kangaroo.
It also surprised me to find out that Kagaroos are very good swimmers. A kangaroo that enjoys scubadiving could be fun.
I think my kangaroo is a cleptomaniac – you know, always hiding shiny things in her pocket, whether they belong to her or not. Could be good an interesting story for young child struggling with the same temptations.
Kangaroo is an excellant creature to start with. what if he had a collection of hats and every time he went on a new adventure, he used a different hat. How about if the kangaroo was a confused kangaroo, and did everything backwards, including jumping until another kangaroo friend helps him. the posibilities are endless and a pocket full of surprizes.
sometimes you will see a Joey’s head sticking out of his mother’s pocket but a Joey in a hurry dives in head first leaving four little pointed black feet sticking out.
does this mummy kangaroo have a zip pocket? Is she untidy and lose things in the bottom of her pocket or maybe, while Joey is exploring the wide wide world does she leave treats for him in there? Or might he eat a biscuit in the pocket and the crumbs tickle?
I imagine a baby Kangaroo (Jack or Joey?) who doesn’t want to leave the mother’s pouch. As a mama Kangaroo, I imagine there are only limited ways to help eject a a baby!
Would the mama therefore have to ask other animals, one at a time, for help? Would the final animal “solve” the problem by offering the baby another cozy place to stay? Or by finding out what scared the baby? Or…?
HI, I thought that my Kangaroo, Named Rhian, used her bouce as a special power and she teamed up with other animals who had inividual characteristics – like the cheeta which runs the fastest- and between them they rescue animals in distress- a bit like the super heros of superman, spiderman ect but of the animal kingdon. OMG I have just started exploring about story telling and have just amazed myself with coming up with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!