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Hello, it’s time for the Point of View story lessons. Let’s start. First we’re going to do the past.

The main story was mostly in the present. Here we go.

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Chim-Chim burst into the apartment. He told Heva and Nicola a story about lost gold in Thailand. Nicola didn’t want to go to Thailand. She thought Chim-Chim was crazy. Heva liked the idea of becoming rich. Chim-Chim eventually convinced them to go to Thailand. They flew to Thailand. The flight was very long. Nicola’s back hurt and she was very uncomfortable. She wanted to go on vacation in Thailand. She did not want to search for gold.

They finally arrived in Thailand. They took a boat upriver from Bangkok to Ayutthaya. They toured Ayutthaya for seven days and it was super hot. Chim-Chim was looking for gold, and Nicola and Heva got grumpy. Grumpy means to be in a bad mood, in an irritable, frustrated bad mood.

Nicola and Heva were hot and tired of sweating. Chim-Chim did not find gold in Ayutthaya. They went back to Bangkok. Chim-Chim pouted in the hotel. Then a tattooed man came to their hotel.

Chim-Chim paid him for information about the gold. The man said the gold was under a bungalow in Kanchanaburi. The three went to Kanchanaburi and found the bungalow, which was raised on stilts.

First they crawled under it. Then they went inside and found the box of gold. Rats with guns came and chased them. Heva, Chim-Chim and Nicola ran. They escaped but they got lost in the jungle, so they trudged through the jungle all night long. Finally they returned to Bangkok with the gold.

Then Nicola discovered that the gold was going to be used to help homeless children, so they returned the gold to the temple, but Chim-Chim kept three coins. They boarded their plane to fly back to San Francisco.

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That’s version number one. Now in version number two, I want you to imagine and visualize, see in your minds a timeline the future going ahead of you. Imagine a line that’s the future and it’s going out in front of you. The past is going behind you on a line behind you. This is the timeline. Go back to a time before the story began. Imagine that the story started in the past. It’s behind you on this line. The past is going back behind you.

Go back to the story. Maybe go back along this line into the past, into the past, walking backwards into the past along the timeline, and then you see the story. There it is. Now you’re at the story in the past. Keep going. Keep moving backwards, moving backwards before the story.

Now you’re back on this line and you’re looking forward to the future. Now the story is in front of you.

You went backwards on the timeline, you arrived in the past at the story and you continued to go back farther into the past and now you can look forward and you see the story in front of you, and then you can see the present moment even farther in front of you and in the future even farther in front of you. Now you’re in the past, before the story and you’re looking into the future.

You know what will happen because you’re now looking at it in the future. You already know what’s going to happen.

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We know that Chim-Chim will burst into the room. He will tell Heva and Nicola a story about lost gold in Thailand. Nicola won’t want to go to Thailand. She’ll think that Chim-Chim is crazy.

Heva’s going to like the idea of becoming rich. Chim-Chim eventually will convince them to go to Thailand. They’ll fly to Thailand. The flight will be very long. Nicola’s back is gonna hurt and she’ll be very uncomfortable. Of course gonna means going to. It’s a causal way of saying going to.

She’ll want to go on vacation in Thailand. She won’t want to search for gold. She will not want to search for gold. They will finally arrive in Thailand. Then they’re going to take a boat upriver from Bangkok to Ayutthaya. They’ll tour Ayutthaya for seven days. It will be super hot. ChimChim will look for gold, and Heva and Nicola will get grumpy. They’ll be hot and tired of sweating.

Chim-Chim won’t find gold in Ayutthaya. They’ll go back to Bangkok. Chim-Chim will pout in the hotel. Then a tattooed man is gonna come to their hotel. Chim-Chim will pay him 20,000 BOT for information about the gold. The man is gonna say the gold is under a bungalow in Kanchanaburi. He’ll say it’s dangerous there too.

The three will go to Kanchanaburi. They’ll find the bungalow, which is raised on stilts. First they’ll crawl under it. Then they’ll go inside and find the box of gold. Rats with guns will come and chase them. Heva, Chim-Chim and Nicola will run. They’ll escape but they’ll get lost in the jungle. They’re going to trudge through the jungle all night long.

Finally, they’ll return to Bangkok with the gold. Nicola will discover that the gold was going to be used to help homeless children, so they’ll return the gold to the temple, but Chim-Chim keeps three coins. They’ll board their plane to fly back to San Francisco.

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That’s version two. Let’s go to the last version. Again imagine this timeline, this line of time.

You’re back to the present and you’re standing in the moment right now. Looking ahead is the future going in front of you, a long line like a road going in front of you into the future. That’s the future line. Then behind you is a line or a road going behind you, going back and that’s the past.

The future is in front and the past is behind.

Now turn around in your mind and look into the past. Look behind you. Look down the line into the past. Our story is there in the past. See the story in the past on that line behind you. Then notice a time before the story starts, back behind the story more, farther back in the past. Then notice there’s a range of time. There’s some space before the story starts.

You go back to the story and keep going farther back, more and more, maybe a few years and then stop. Now between that point and the story, there’s a time, a gap, a space, a range of time before the story starts. That space continues from the farther past up to the story, a range of time, a period of time.

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During that time from before the story up to the story, maybe up until now, Chim-Chim has always been adventurous. He was adventurous before the story started way back then, and then during that space and right up until the story started, he’s still adventurous. During the story he’s still adventurous. Even today he’s still adventurous. He has always been adventurous.

In fact, you could go back to the very beginning of his life, starting and coming all the way up until now, and during that whole time on the timeline he has been adventurous. He has always loved to take risks. He has dreamed of travel and adventure constantly. His friend Heva has always been playful, strong and sweet since he was puppy, since he was a baby dog.

Remember, Heva’s a dog, Chim-Chim is a monkey and Nicola is a woman.

For a long time their friend Nicola has had an inner conflict. A conflict is like a struggle, a fight, a fight inside of her, an inner conflict, and an inner fight. She has had an inner conflict a long time, back in the past and continuing up. We’re not sure when it stopped. On one hand she has been careful. She has wanted to be comfortable and safe for a while.

On the other hand Nicola has secretly dreamed of a more interesting and exciting life. She has never told anyone about this. This has been difficult for Nicola for a long time. She has wanted comfort and safety and has also secretly wanted excitement and growth. One day she had to face this conflict. Now you can look to the past on the timeline. One day – there’s one point on the line. That’s when the story starts.

How does it start? Chim-Chim bursts into their apartment. It’s one point on that line in the past.

The exact time when the story starts, and that’s why we’re now using the past tense. Don’t think about it too much. Don’t analyze the grammar. I’m just helping you to see it in your mind on this timeline. That’s all you need to do.

Chim-Chim bursts into their apartment. What did he do after that? He told Heva and Nicola a story about lost gold in Thailand. Nicola didn’t want to go to Thailand. She thought Chim-Chim was crazy. Heva liked the idea of becoming rich. Chim-Chim eventually convinced them to go to Thailand. They flew to Thailand. The flight was very long. Nicola’s back hurt and she was very uncomfortable. She wanted to go on vacation in Thailand. She did not want to search for some crazy gold box.

They finally arrived in Thailand. They took a boat upriver from Bangkok to Ayutthaya. They toured Ayutthaya for seven days. It was super hot. Chim-Chim was looking for gold, and Nicola and Heva got grumpy. They got in a bad mood. They were hot and tired. Chim-Chim did not find gold in Ayutthaya.

They went back to Bangkok. Chim-Chim pouted in the hotel. Then a tattooed man came to their hotel. Chim-Chim paid him a lot of money for information about the gold. The man said the gold was under a bungalow in Kanchanaburi. He said it was dangerous there too. The three went to Kanchanaburi. They found the bungalow, which was raised on stilts. First they crawled under it.

Then they went inside and found the box of gold.

Big giant rats with guns chased them. Heva, Chim-Chim and Nicola ran. They escaped but they got lost in the jungle. They had to trudge through the jungle all night long. Finally they returned to Bangkok with the gold. Nicola discovered that the gold was going to be used to help homeless children, so they returned the gold to the temple, but Chim-Chim kept three coins.

They boarded their plane to fly back to San Francisco.

That is the end of our Point of View story