1. What age does Annie tell the boy she is? What age is she really?
2. Imagine you are Annie, the protagonist (main character) of this story, and you are being interviewed for the weekly magazine, Niagara News. Give your answers to these questions.
Q. So Annie, did you decide to do this yourself or did your manager propose the idea?
Q. How did you feel before the barrel was nailed shut? Q. Why did you decide to do this?
Q. Tell me some of the things going through your head when you were bobbing along in the barrel.
Q. My fi nal question: do you feel this event has changed you in any way? P. 73
Go to your Writing Skills Book to answer some more questions on ‘Fall’.
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Short Story 10: ‘Teapot Therapy’
The next text is an illustrated short story, or graphic short story, created by A. J. Poyiadgi called ‘Teapot Therapy’. It has an obvious theme which is dealt with in a clever way.
Based on the title of this story:
❍ write two sentences outlining what you think the plot will be about
❍ suggest two themes that this story might deal with.
