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Storyteller, Storywriter

A long time ago in a galaxy fa...…… It was the best of times, it was the w...……… Call me Ishm.……… Hi! I'm Terrance V. (Vaughn) Mc Arthur. I tell stories...and I make them up, too.  (I also make things, and they may show up on this blog, as well.) Storyteller - Part One I was the oldest of five children in a theatrical family, which meant I was often Mr. Bedtime. There were the usual books read over and over ( A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer*was very popular), and there were stories I knew (because I discovered folktales at an early age). There were ones everybody knows like "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood," but there were also tales like "The Three Sillies" and Aesop's "The Exploding Frog."**  In the 70's, I earned money by doing puppet shows for birthday parties and other events.*** In the 80's, I moved more into shows for library summer reading programs,**** and I added magic tricks,***** a...