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(5 mins later)
What is it Calvin wants? Wait did you say he wanted a Jessie J album cover? Ok that will be a little more difficult to find then normal but if you go to Tina's Record Shop and ask for Jill she should be able to help you out. It's about half a mile north of the concert hall. You smile and head towards the shop.
You have about four hour before the concert starts and you need to find Tina's Record Shop. Your pace picks up and you have finally reached the shop. When you walk in there is only one girl with purple hair standing at the counter. "Hey how can I help you." You can assume that this is Jill by the name tag she is wearing. "Oh your the guy that's here for the Jessie J Album cover. Sorry but this is only for trade, if you get your hands on one of Philip Philips guitar picks from Billy Jean's Music store then we can talk. Oh sorry you probably need direction. Your gonna make a left and once you hit the corner make a right. Billie Jean's is on the corner. Ask for Jim. I'll hold this for you until you return." Rolling your eyes you agree and leave the store heading for Billie Jean's Music Store.
You don't have a hard time finding the store but you have a difficult time finding Jim. Apparently he was on break. About a half hour passes and Jim finally appears from his break. Rushing over to him he answers "Oh hey you must be the one Jill sent. I have the pick right here for you. But I can't give this away freely." Frustrated you look at your watch you have about three hours till the concert. Looking back up Jim continues "If you can get your hands on one of Toby Keith cowboys hat I'll trade you the pick for the hat. Now don't freak out he's giving them away at the Longo stage complex." Talking a deep breath you bolt out the store and head for Longo Stage complex luckily it's only a couple of blocks away.
Once you get there the line is pretty short. Seems to be towards the end of the signing. Your next, you finally get there. "hey hows it going." Your heart is racing you see no cowboy hats in sight. you begin to explain your predicament to Toby Keith "Oh that's sounds like some day your having. Unfortunately I'm out of hats expect for the one on my head." Your head falls to the ground in disappointment. "But hey I'll make you a deal you look like a singer. If you can sing me a few bars of one of my songs to prove your a true fan then I'll trade over my hat. Deal?" You agree on the spot. Toby pulls out his phone, hits record and you sing the best version of Red Solo Cup you have ever sung. Toby is getting a crack out of your performance. Laughing he interrupts you. "Ok ok, very nice here you go. hope you make it in time for that concert!"
You take the hat from Toby, thank him and rush back to Billie Jean's. Running inside you trade the hat for the guitar pick. Guitar pick in hand you race back to Tina's Record Shop where Jill is waiting for you with the Jessie J album cover. You make the trade and begin to run as fast as you can to Calvin. You have about thirty minutes until the concert starts. You See Calvin in sight and present the album cover. He sits there for a couple of minutes inspecting it. He smiles and hands you two backstage passes. You and your friend made it just in time to see the band before they go on. You spend the night jamming to Coldplay's concert back stage. This will be a day that you will never forget.
Author's Notes
I based this story on Ignacz Kunos's The Liver. It follows the same guide lines of a maiden that buys a liver for her and her mother but then the liver is stolen. To get it back she has to find items to give to other merchants in return to get the liver back from the stork. I wanted to change it to a modern day feel to see what I could do with it based in the music realm. The hardest part was trying to come up with different items to trade with.
Bibliography: Ignacz Kunos The Liver link to text
I really enjoyed reading this story!! I am a huge music fan and I really liked how you incorporated all different genres of music and musicians in your retelling. I love reading people's stories that put a modern twist in their writing. This makes it seem more like an actual blog post and not an old timey story. I also like that you wrote it in second person because it directs the story right to the reader and makes them feel involved while reading. Great job!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was so creative! I am so impressed with how modern you made this sound. I would have never guessed that it was The Liver. You’re very creative and show it so well in your writing. I enjoyed this story so much because of the music aspect, too. I would have done the same thing to get backstage passes to a Coldplay concert!
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