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Shopping List 2

Story by TFS Working Group

Illustrated by Heidi Johnson

Version 1.0

  • This is Bill.
  • "Honey, can you pick up some things at the store?", asks his wife.
  • "I made you a list."
  • So he goes to the store.
  • And then comes home.
  • "What did you buy?"
  • "I bought a hat, pants, shoes, and gloves."
  • "Those weren't on the list!"
  • "Sorry! I dropped the list along the way."
  • The next day, his wife asks him to go to the store again.
  • She gives him a list.
  • And pins it to his coat.
  • He goes to the store.
  • And comes home again.
  • "What did you buy?", asks his wife.
  • "I bought pants, a shirt, a hat, and shoes."
  • "Those weren't on the list!"
  • "Sorry! The list got soggy and I couldn't read it."
  • The next day, his wife asks him to go to the store again.
  • She puts it in a plastic bag.
  • And pins it to his coat.
  • He goes to the store.
  • And comes home again.
  • He gets home very late!
  • "Honey, I bought everything you wanted."
  • "What did you buy?"
  • "I bought shoes, a hat, socks, and pants."
  • "But why are you so late getting home?"
  • "I dropped my glasses at the store."
  • "And couldn't read the list!"
  • "So I had to go and buy new glasses!"
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Story Text:

  1. This is Bill.
  2. "Honey, can you pick up some things at the store?", asks his wife.
  3. "I made you a list."
  4. So he goes to the store.
  5. And then comes home.
  6. "What did you buy?"
  7. "I bought a hat, pants, shoes, and gloves."
  8. "Those weren't on the list!"
  9. "Sorry! I dropped the list along the way."
  10. The next day, his wife asks him to go to the store again.
  11. She gives him a list.
  12. And pins it to his coat.
  13. He goes to the store.
  14. And comes home again.
  15. "What did you buy?", asks his wife.
  16. "I bought pants, a shirt, a hat, and shoes."
  17. "Those weren't on the list!"
  18. "Sorry! The list got soggy and I couldn't read it."
  19. The next day, his wife asks him to go to the store again.
  20. She puts it in a plastic bag.
  21. And pins it to his coat.
  22. He goes to the store.
  23. And comes home again.
  24. He gets home very late!
  25. "Honey, I bought everything you wanted."
  26. "What did you buy?"
  27. "I bought shoes, a hat, socks, and pants."
  28. "But why are you so late getting home?"
  29. "I dropped my glasses at the store."
  30. "And couldn't read the list!"
  31. "So I had to go and buy new glasses!"

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Summary:

Bill's wife sends him to the store... but something keeps happening to the list!

This story is designed to get information about "list intonation" -- that distinctive melody people use when listing items.

Is it the same melody in every language? It might be. We don't know! That's what we're trying to find out.

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TFS Working Group (2010). Shopping List 2. Retrieved from http://www.totemfieldstoryboards.org on Oct 6, 2026.

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