Перед новым годом дала студентам (1 курс) творческое задание к тексту.
Собственно, текст:
It's Christmas morning. In the middle of a large living room in a nice suburban house, there is a tall Christmas tree. It is knocked down. The decorations are all broken and crushed on the floor. The furniture in the room is knocked over. Near the table, there is a broken plate with crumbles of cookies on it and a broken glass with a few milk drops on the bottom. On the large nice carpet, there are pools of water that look like traces of large-size shoes. They lead to the fireplace.
There is a pile of fresh mail on the mantle (the shelf on top of the fireplace). One of the letters - the top one in the pile - is opened but it is empty. The letter-opener is near the broken coffee-table, to the left from the fireplace, just near the foot of a big old armchair.
Between the knocked over Christmas tree and the armchair, there lies an old man with a white beard. He is wearing a crimson pullover with a white stripe around the collar. Under the pullover, he has an emerald-green shirt with a pair of nice gold and ruby cufflinks. And he is wearing classic black trousers. The man is dead.
The day before, some people gathered in the house to celebrate Christmas Eve. Those were:
Mr. Thomas Murray, 71. The dead guy. Former lawyer.
Mrs. Rebecca Murray, 66, Thomas's wife of 43 years. Worked as a cook, now she is retired.
Mr. James Murray, 39, Thomas and Rebecca's son. Works as a reporter for the national television. Lives in the city with his family.
Mrs. Audrey Murray, 35, James's wife. Housewife. Takes care of their two kids.
Carrie and Rosemary, James and Audrey's twin-daughters, 13. Schoolgirls. Both play the piano and the violin, both like '13 Reasons Why' and 'Riverdale'. Both are straight-A students. Do everything together.
Ms. Karen Murray, 33, Thomas and Rebecca's daughter. Works as a doctor. Lives 3000 miles away from her parents. Came in for Christmas the morning before.
Karl Sterner, 73, Thomas and Rebecca's old friend. Lives down the street. He worked as a police officer when he was young, and now he invested his pension money and bought a small cafe.
Vivian Sterner, 68, Karl's wife, Rebecca's friend since high school. Looks after their grandchildren and helps her husband at the cafe.
Besides these people, the mailman came by to deliver some mail on December, 24.
There were also two cats in the house.
The body was found at 9.42 in the morning by Rebecca on her way to the kitchen. She had come downstairs to make some tea, but found her husband's dead body and called the police.
The police came and questioned everyone who was in the house the day before including the mailman and wrote down the detailed statements.
На оригинальность не претендую, очень сильно навеяно фильмом "Достать ножи".
Задание:
Описать всё, что происходило (начиная с утра предыдущего дня), от лица одного из персонажей, включая трупик. Чуть позже подтянутся сами работы.
Изначально планировала включить в число персонажей ещё и Санта-Клауса с почтальоном, но студентов оказалось и так мало.
Кстати, был бонус за рассказ от лица котелей
