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Leopard was putting the finishing touches to his toilet. He lay in the sun, admiring the beauty of his sleek, smooth coat, so elegantly marked. He rose lazily and strolled over to the pool, the better to gaze at himself in the clear water.
‘R-r-r-really,’ he purred, ‘I am indeed beautiful. Of all the animals in the forest, I am certainly the finest.’
‘I don’t know so much about that,’ said Reynard the Fox, who was passing at the time and happened to overhear him. Leopard pretended not to hear.
‘It’s those spots,’ went on Fox more loudly. ‘What a pity you can’t change them!’
Leopard looked down his nose at Fox in a lordly way.
‘And who are you to talk?’ he said at last, showing his sharp white teeth and curling his tail scornfully. ‘With that scrubby ginger coat of yours and that bedraggled brush, I wonder you dare show yourself in public.’
‘I think I heard you say you were the finest creature in the forest,’ said Reynard. ‘How do you make that out?’
‘You may not like my spots,’ answered Leopard, ‘but most creatures admire them greatly. Then I have such sleek, luxuriant fur, such a graceful shape, and such a noble way of moving. But I suppose you think yourself even finer.’
‘Indeed I do,’ answered Reynard. ‘I may not have your spots and your glossy finish. I may not be able to creep about like a snake. But I have brains, my dear chap. I’m the cleverest, craftiest, cunningest animal in the whole creation. Why, everyone envies me my intelligence! As for you, you’ve no more wit than a hen. That’s why I’m finer than you!’
And without waiting for an answer he sped off into the woods after a rabbit.
Hype and content never meet
West Side Story by Boal
So called because of its resemblance to various dance routines in the film of that name.
(from Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal)
Variation:
The participants must use a particular designated part of their bodies to make the rhythmical movement.
Variation for GV:
To link this exercise with a series of lessons based on West Side Story, students work together and make a list of non-verbal ways of showing hatred and hostility using only hands, arms and faces. Such a warm-up can be done in pairs, before students join in the two opposing teams. Consider a use of simple percussion instrument (a rattle), to make a rhythmical syncopated sound.
