Story Circus is a hip, inventive, animated and live action series made up of an eclectic group of stories gathered under one big tent. The series is being developed by Riding The Tiger Productions in collaboration with an exceptional group of writers, animators, actors, and musicians—some of whom have kids and are itching to create for them, and others who just want to run off and join the storytelling circus.
From Belle’s Elephant
Belle had been hiding in her room, avoiding people, and feeling overwhelmed. At first she didn’t pay any attention to the knocking sound, but whoever was at the door was certainly persistent. The knocking was clearly not going to stop until she handled whatever it was. When there’s an elephant at the door you have to do something. “I hear you need an extraordinary experience,” the Elephant announced very loudly.
From Your Own Strong Song
Blue Jays are noisy, bossy birds who know exactly what they want.
But the boy named Jay didn’t know this yet. He had only just arrived, and all he knew was that the ranch was a very different kind of place than he had ever seen before.
It was wild and full of wind and space, with big fields, big trees and a river so big.
Lady smelled him with her cold nose, licking his face and jumping up and down as if she already knew him. She ran ahead to get Jay to follow her, to show him the winding path to the dusty barn to show him everything—right now!
Somehow, Jay had gotten through the very hard time that had come before. And now he was staying with Aunt Maggie and Uncle Dan on their ranch. He was starting a new life where everything would be different.
From The Hippopotamus and the Soda Cracker Tree
No one knows when stories like this begin. And the problem here began so far in the distant past it’s impossible to know how the trouble started. The Hippopotamus thought it was the fault of the crows, and the Crow would tell you it absolutely started with the bad behavior of hippopotamuses. If I tell you the Hippopotamus’s side of the story first, you’ll think terrible things about crows. And if I start with the Crow’s side, you’ll understand it better and might not think about the feelings of the Hippopotamus. But let’s begin now—so the story can end in the usual time and you can be off to do other things.
