of course do this. The method of study set forth suggests how the story-teller may easily develop sensibility to folk-story style and easily train himself to "do," or "catch," it.
Let us not be afraid of a due regard for form. Right attention to form is not testimony to the worth of the superficial. The poet says, "The soul is form and doth the body make." Let us see to it that we make the language body of our story by clear reflection of its spirit.
The question of oral interpretation, or oral form, the more important aspect of form, while properly a matter to be settled by the student during the stage of preparation, is here more conveniently considered under the next head.
Telling the Story
This is truly the stage of creation. No matter how familiar you made yourself with the story in the privacy of your studio, you will now find happening something surprising. The story will come to your own ears and stand revealed to your imagination with the joy of discovery. The truth is, it was made to be shared with another, and you hadn't it at all until you gave it away. What spontaneity rewards you! How you find yourself rising
