I learned to tell stories ... growing up at home. My grandfather couldn’t talk without telling a story or joke or illustration. I learned that is the way that communication works. Like a lot of guys, I started school early at age 4. Physically, I couldn’t compete with the boys in my grade, so I had to use wit and humor and skills to survive. Little did I know that it’s possible to use one’s mouth like legs for speed.
Larry G. Brown
{Storyteller, MU geography resident instructor}
Saturday, April 28, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 5:43 p.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008
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