Child 1

C Once there lived a bird who saw a ring on a cactus.

C He took it off there and carried it home.

C He saw a bird on the way.

C The bird asked him if he could have the ring [ID].

C So he said, “Yes, very well” [D].

C And he walked back home thinking of it.

C Soon he came back to ask the bird for his ring back [ID].

C The bird said “No” [D].

C But he took it anyways [Con].

C And then the bird started to cry.

C So he let him have it [RC].

C But he went back home and told his friends about the ring [ID][RN].

C He told his friend the rooster [ID][RN].

C And he told his friend the lizard [ID][RN].

C He told his friend the ostrich while his friend the lizard was beside him [ID][RN][RN].

C So him and his friend the lizard walked back to the bird’s nest [RN].

C Then they saw the ring lying below the tree.

C And then the bird went to ask a little bird if he could have the ring [ID].

C And the bird said “Sure” [D].

C And he said “Thank you” [D][RC].

C The End [TC][L].

Child 2

C One day dragon and bird were playing outside.

C And dragon saw bird’s ring.

C One day dragon caught the ring when bird was asleep.

C He brung it to mama bird [RN].

C Mama bird said, “Where did you find the ring” [D][RN]?

C That morning mama bird said, “Have you ever stolen a ring like this of bird’s” [D][RN][Con]?

C Lizard and dragon said to bird, “I am sorry that I stole your ring” [D][RC][Con].

C And one day mama bird gave up the ring [RN].

C She flew out and brung bird the ring.

C “I am so sorry that dragon stole your ring” [D][RC][Con].

C They caught mama bird without any ring [RN].

C Lizard said, “So where is the ring” [D][Sus]?

C Dragon said, “Where is it” [D][Sus]?

C And then dragon ran along.

C One day dragon ask water hose, “Where did you get the ring” [D][Fan]?

C And he told him in front of bird that “I stole the ring from bird” [D][Con].

C Bird heard him.

C One day they passed by.

C Baby bird said, “How come you stole it” [D][RN][Con]?

C “That’s not polite” [D][RC].

C “You are mean [D][Con].

C “Hey there is somewhere we can go” [D][Sus][Exc]!

C And lizard asked, “Would you go get the ring” [D]?

C “And we will steal it from bird again” [D][Con][Exc]!

C And one day it was lying by mama’s bird nest [RN].

C “We found the ring mama bird” [D][RN].

C “I threw it out because that’s not polite” [D][RC].

C One winter night it was a stormy month.

C The end [Non-TC][N].

Note. C = child utterance, [D] = direct dialogue, [ID] = indirect dialogue, [RN] = nature of a relationship, [N] = naming, [RC] = conduct in relationships, [F] = fantasy, [Sus] = suspense, [Con] = conflict, [Exp] = expressive sounds, [Exc] = exclamatory utterance, [TC] = topic centered, [Non-TC] = non-topic centered, [L] = linear, [N] = neither.