I used what follows as a writing exercise for one of my “Student-Teacher Projects”. It was called Motivating Exceptional Students and my assignment was to create an exposition using as few facts as possible and allowing the student to complete the story using any genre he wished.
The course was pass/fail and worth 1 unit. I didn’t count off for spelling or grammar, and the idea (hidden) was “cooperation”. It turned out to be one of the most popular courses taught at that high school. and there was usually a waiting list. Kids who beat the crap out of each other just for being “nerds” became - if not best friends, at least acquaintances who beat the crap out of each other. One tended to take what one got in those days, and it was hard to fail the course.
One of my friends from this forum made short shrift of it and would have failed it many years ago when I taught it. Here is your assigned exposition and its introduction to your story…
*One day, returning from the hunt with a saber-toothed tiger slung over his shoulder, Ogg The Chief Hunter spied a color he had never seen before and became curious as to what it may turn out to be. “No flap-flap” (what would later be called bird), he decided, because it didn’t move. For a long time, Ogg just stood there, running through all the items on his “hard drive” hoping to come up with a match, to no avail.
Finally, his curiosity aroused, be began to move in the thing’s direction, playing and rewinding his “hard drive” all the way there. Then, just before he was about to give up, a gust of wind picked it up and blew the object all the way to his feet. Upon the sound of the wind, Ogg heard a whispered sound: “Soloooooo”, it intoned.
Yes, that’s right. it was a Solo cup, Ogg found. But where did it come from and what’s it doing there?
For context, and because you and I are friends, we’ll stipulate the area is early Azeroth. Also if any of you are artistically inclined and would like to include a sketch, please feel free to express yourself in that discipline.
TEEHEE.