While we grownups have our fun drinking and crowing late into the
> night,
> what of the wee ones who start to drop before sunset? While the Bards
> are
> busy with their epic poems and randy rounds, have we no four-minute
> fairy
> tales and clever teaching rhymes for the bardlings? Isn't this an art
> we
> ought to encourage from early ages?
> 
> Just curious.
> /Quill
> (the apparently alliterative)

I agree with you totally, but I am not sure fairy tales and rhymes are 
the answer. I can only use my own sons as an example. They are 24 and 
they have been in the SCA their whole life. They went to their first 
event and first Laurel meeting when they were 2 weeks old. They have 
traveled with my husband and I on fire walking since they could walk. 
I was a little disappointed that after they turned 8 they didn't want 
to perform but to my surprise as they start to finish college they 
have started bardic. My son Richard entered his first bardic 
competition this Spring Faire. From the beginning they have been 
entranced with Arthurian tales, Beowulf, they used tell Beowulf and 
the Transformers stories because they thought there should of been 
more Beowulf stories, Chanson and Romances. They made me read them the 
Death of Arthur 12th century romance the summer they were 10. There is 
a funny story about that I will tell later. They loved the classics. I 
know lots of people that do "children stories" for children, but I 
have many SCA children come to me and tell me that they loved my 
stories and used to follow me around. I believe a good story is 
appreciated by all ages. Stories that have been around and told 
forever have an impact that is timeless and ageless. 
The other advantages of sharing period stories with our children is 
they breeze through Literature classes and impress their teachers with 
their knowledge. 
Willow

  


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