Will

Friday we went to Becca’s class at Canyon Elementary in Spanish Fork to show off Will’s mad story reading skills. Apparently his reputation preceded him and two other classes were begging to be invited to hear him read, so we got word on the way down we were going to be performing in the Kiva. Becca introduced us and cried when she introduced Will as her older brother. The whole thing was a very moving experience. Will read "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" using all of his speech strategies. The children were so attentive, you could have heard a pin drop. Our violinist, Nola played a selection from "Peter and the Wolf" which lead into my story of "The Scholossips of Glossip." Will then did a very humourous rendition of "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig." The little boys loved the pig's use of the sledge hammer, and the dynamite to blow up the wolves houses. I did "Tipping Off Teacher," and Will did a very sympathetic account of the "True Story of the Three Little Pigs," by A. Wolf. The children were telling Will how awesome he was and giving him high fives. It was really cute. One of the little boys gave Will his favorite possession, a red wrist band. We got a picture of them, putting on the different bows and hats from "Tipping off Teacher." The day was something we had anticipated for a long time and it didn't end there. The momentum of the occasion carried over into an spontaneous performance by Will the next day. He was at a campfire and asked to use someone else's guitar. He played and sang "Scarburrough Fair" Those in the audience were totally amazed. It was like the old Will was surfacing in a spontaneous and unrehearsed expression of confidence.