Ida+Jurkowski

Perspective of: Mexico


Runaway Radish Burros Mariachis Trampling Tortillas Busy Cooks ||
 * Frame Element || Information gathered: ||
 * < Characters || Don Pedro
 * < Setting ||< The Mercado in Oaxaca, Mexico ||
 * < Initiating Event ||< It is December 23, the night of the annual Festival of the Night of the Radishes. Don Pedro wants to carve the best radish sculpture in town and reaches for the last plump radish when it looks at him and decides to run away yelling, "Places to go, people to see! Out of my way, you can't carve me!" The winner of the best sculpture will have their picture posted in the morning newspaper. ||
 * < Internal Response ||< The radish gets up and runs away when Don Pedro reaches for it to carve for his sculpture. Everyone in town starts to chase it and mayheim occurs everywhere in the mercado. ||
 * < Goal ||< The radish to avoid being caught and carved. ||
 * < Consequence ||< The radish to be caught and carved and added to the sculpture. ||
 * < Resolution ||< The radish is caught and carved into a queen with a crown and running shoes that has a very big mouth! ||

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