Davy Crockett Shapes the West

Set the scene. Davy Crockett stood atop Clingman’s Dome in Tennessee and showed his bride Polly all the land that belonged to them. “Isn’t it grand?”

Create a Problem. "Too grand,” she said. “I prefer plains.”

Davy grabbed the mountaintop and hauled it up like a bedspread and gave it a mighty shake. It bounded up and billowed out and settled down into the Great Plains. “Anything for you, Polly.”

Use wild action. Not a week later, Polly strolled along the plains. “It’s boring here. There’s nowhere to ski.”