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Do Tell Story Swap Summaries
September 9, 2025

2025 Virtual Story Swap via Zoom sponsored by the Storytelling Association of California (SAC)
Swap Summaries 
Our hosts:
Katy Mangan
Vicky Ness
Check back every month for insights, resources, and tips from our storytellers!
Ukraine: A Changing Story
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Fall 2023 Issue, p 38-41

The Art of Crankies!
By Vicky Ness

Time with Antonio
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Summer 2023, p 35-38

Are You A Listener?
By Meg Brown

Storytelling Game
By Vicky Ness

Swap Light - Santa Rosa Do Tell Story Swap. From Kenneth's Garage  to a Community Cornerstone
By Katy Mangan and Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, July 2022 Issue, p 7-8
Meg Brown opened the evening with “The Household Snake,” a story she found in the book, Five Minute Stories. In Cairo, where a snake in the house is considered good luck, a mother snake decides to take revenge on the family when the children abuse her baby snakes. But the
good luck prevails.

Rose Owens delighted us with a story called “The Never Forgot Doll,” that she had found in Chicken Soup for the Soul. Taking the part of seven-year-old Nancy, she recounted her adventures and ended by showing us her real doll.

Renu Narayan joined us from India and shared a story she wrote about a girl who lost her mother and found her again.

Beth Wakelee shared a version of a famous folktale about a smuggler and the border patrolman who couldn’t figure out what was being smuggled.

Chester Weems called in from Oklahoma City to share an Icelandic story that he learned on a trip there. A sheep dog who was injured by a scythe became the best of all.

Sharon Elwell recalled Rudyard Kipling’s Just So story about King Solomon and the butterfly.

Brandon Spars brought the evening to an end with a hilarious story about disposing of his aunt’s collection of Middle Eastern literature.