Cullyville Stories FOLK TALE

In the summer of 2024, Storytellers gathered to imagine a world, characters, and events that might occur somewhere in Cullyville. As it happens, Cullyville is not always what it seems. Walking down Simpson St. in NE Portland, Oregon, it appears to be a little village neighborhood with ordinary folks, urban farms, dogs and cats, rabbits and crows, overgrown patches of green…Yup. But sometimes we discover floating roofs, crystal caves, petrified forests and luminescent coves – or unique characters – that lead us into worlds of imagination.

Here’s a place for Cullyville Storytellers to keep adding ideas that just might belong in our upcoming storybook series: Pohdo’s Adventures in Cullyville. All of the ideas you share will ripple into our ever-growing “Stream of Good Ideas” which feeds the “River of Imagination.” That’s where all good stories come from, you know. And your ideas may become part of the Cullyville Stories book(s).

The latest update of the story is attached here as a PDF. Download and read it before you add new ideas. You can also listen to a Podcast of the making of this story HERE. Below are questions for us to wonder about right now. OR, if you have ideas about another part of the story just add them below.

Here are some ideas about how our characters might look …

  • POHDO COULD LOOK LIKE THIS
  • OR POHDO COULD LOOK LIKE THIS…KINDA
  • HELLO, I’M FLOOFIE
  • SPIKEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS
  • THIS MIGHT BE WHAT MOOSHIE LOOKS LIKE
  • DOES GRANSHEE LOOK LIKE THIS?
  • A FIRST IDEA FOR ONIE-THE COMEDIAN
  • MEMI – WHO GUARDS THE NEST

Read or listen to our story (below) then answer these questions, or add your own ideas…

Does Pohdo look like this? Yes? No? Well.. Why not describe Pohdo as YOU see him?

How did Mooshie and GranShee find The Wall?

What happened when GranShee and Mooshie came face-to-face with the old ones?

Do you think GranShee really looks like this? If not, what does she look like? Draw her!

Where does Pohdo usually live in the forest? A hut? Outside? In a tree? In a cave? Underground? Draw it!

How did Mooshie feel when he landed next to GranShee after ‘taking a giant leap?’

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Click on the Owl (below) to Listen to the Folk Tale Podcast.

Click on Pohdo and Friends to read our Folk Tale Draft (that’s the story so far!)

AND: Click the button to find downloadable story-making activities for kids – Have Fun!

Activities

Cullyville Stories is sponsored by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and Dreaming Earth Press.