B12:30
An act of kindness
Tell a story about a time a stranger helped you, or you helped a stranger.
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Tell a story about a time a stranger helped you, or you helped a stranger.
Pick an object near you and invent or recall the story of how it came to be there.
Tell a story with an animal in it — a pet, or an animal you met somewhere.
Describe a photograph you remember well and tell the story around the moment it was taken.
Tell the story of running into someone you hadn't seen for a long time.
Tell the story of a stranger who helped you when they didn't have to.
Tell the story of a family or cultural tradition and the year it changed.
Tell the story of something that only made sense to you years after it happened.
Describe two people you know. Use: in their thirties, medium height, curly, bald, glasses, casual, smart, tanned.
Describe your family using at least four of: parents, brother, sister, grandparents, cousin, aunt, uncle, only child.
Describe a friend and a colleague. Use at least four of: reliable, easy-going, stubborn, generous, ambitious, laid-back, blunt, thoughtful.
Talk about a long friendship. Use: get on well, have a lot in common, lose touch, get back in touch, fall out, make up, drift apart.