Timber (ASL story) - with captions for the hearing ;)

My ASL I class' final assignment was to video ourselves telling this story.
English interpretation:
Hi! Let me tell you a story.
There's a man in a red shirt with green stripes (horizontal and vertical) and a hat. He's carrying a big axe and a lunchbox. [We don't know the sign for "lumberjack" yet.] The man goes off to work.
He walks through the forest, carrying his axe and lunchbox. He spots a good-sized tree that he wants to chop down. He chops until the tree starts to lean over, then puts down his axe, backs up, and shouts, "TIMBER!" The tree falls down. He picks up his axe and lunchbox and continues through the forest.
Next, he spots an even bigger tree that he wants to cut down. He chops and chops, and finally the tree starts to lean over. He puts down his axe, backs away, and shouts, "TIMBER!" The tree falls down.
The man is getting hungry, so he sits down and eats his lunch. He looks in his lunchbox and finds a thermos of coffee. He drinks the coffee. Next, he takes out a sandwich and eats it. Last, he pulls out an apple, polishes it, eats it, and tosses the core into the forest. He puts away his thermos, shuts his lunch box, and goes on his way through the forest.
The man sees an enormous tree! He decides to cut it down. He rolls up his sleeves, turns his cap around backwards, spits on his palms, and starts chopping. He chops and chops, but the tree doesn't lean. He keeps chopping and chopping, and finally the tree leans a little. He chops some more, and at last the tree leans over.
He puts down his axe, takes a few steps back, and shouts, "TIMBER!" ...But nothing happens! He tries again: "TIMBER!" Still, nothing happens. The man is confused. Aha! He pulls out his cell phone and calls a doctor.
The doctor arrives, and the man describes the problem. The doctor puts hir stethoscope in hir ears and listens to the tree for a while. Ze declares that the tree is deaf.
"Deaf?!" says the man.
"Deaf," says the doctor.
The man thinks for a moment, then has an idea. He shoos the doctor back away from the tree, then starts to finger-spell: T! I! M! B! E! R!
The enormous tree falls down! It's so big it bounces and shakes the ground, making the man and the doctor fly into the air.
Afterward, the man and the doctor give each other thumbs-up.

[@notanotherpeterzhang7582]

this video has 88000 views, and 99% of them are from ASL 1 students

[@samuelsarmiento7609]

you just hit the nail on the head

[@xxstarbeexx]

😅 as an ASL 1 student, y u p

[@alexchavez1579]

180k now!

[@alexanderthegreath1215]

Mayyyyyybeeeee

[@zent3379]

asl 2 here :) (im struggling hard lol)

[@Souleater787]

I followed along, signing with you, because my ASL class's Timber Story is due tomorrow and I'm an idiot so I didn't study. Phew.. I am physically tired from this story. Thank you for doing this, you did amazingly!

[@baldpterodactyl9112]

This is me rn 😭 mines due by tomorrow night....

[@namgi412]

I love how you said I am an idiot, because me too 😂😂

[@westleylaursen9915]

@@baldpterodactyl9112 same here!

[@crisvazquez2327]

Mines due on Monday & I’m barely studying it for it 🤣

[@zoupian]

same lmfao

[@fanofducklinnelson2639]

Narrating 0:00-0:10 Describing 0:12-0:32 Walking in forest 0:33-0:52 Tree 1 0:53-1:26 Walking pt.2 1:32-1:40 Finding Tree 2 1:41-1:52 Chops Tree 2 1:54-2:27 Lunch 2:33-3:42 Walks through forest 3:43-3:51 Finds Tree 3 3:52-4:03 Chops tree 3 4:05-5:14 Tree is stuck 5:15-5:40 Calls doctor 5:41-5:58 Doctor is here 5:59-6:48 tree falls 6:49- to end.

[@AKtEMER]

Thx bro

[@xxstarbeexx]

T h a n k y o u

[@Erin_Coke]

Thank you for posting this! I have to have this story memorized in less than 12 hours and the dvd that comes with my textbook doesn't work. This has been so helpful!

[@cmoore1608]

I am hearing. I recorded this video as a final assignment for my first semester of ASL.

[@kacieventers7324]

Who’s here in 2021 tryna pass ASL 1 😂😂

[@secharlieft9360]

Me gotta do this today F2f

[@Cloud9Skies]

Gotta get this done by tomorrow...😭😭

[@kendrathompson4545]

In my ASL 1 class, we had to do this same story (either by recording it or actually signing it out in class). Watching this was SO helpful. You did an amazing job! :D

[@thecat31]

Oh opentent?

[@aiyana4336]

You were so good at telling the story, the facial expressions and everything were great. No one could have done it better! Loved the story.

[@chloelammer5759]

Lord help me there is an hour until my final and this is part of it, this is the first time I'm seeing it thanks to a busy week Dx At least it doesn't seem too hard #pray4me

[@hollygarfield123]

i’m in the same boat except a year later, wish me luck

[@samuelsarmiento7609]

same

[@jocelynecardenas3171]

@@hollygarfield123 I'm in the same boat, except 6 months later! Lol

[@PB-sd1wv]

thank you so much for this. i need to do this for midterm and i just watched this over and over for about 5x and now i can do it already :)

[@katdog007]

love the final tree earth shaking! thanks for the post!

[@peepla7]

I love your detail....you even ate the crumbs...that was cute. Good job!

[@Brightblueeyesangel]

Hey I was viewing this video, and oh wow I have to say i was brought back to memories of the story my mom's old pal used to tell it to me when I was a kid. She is deaf and she was fantastic, and you are just as good. Thank you for sharing this and making me smile today. :)

[@moniquecornelio2873]

Thank you so much for posting this! :) It was very entertaining to watch, I especially liked how expressive you are throughout telling the story.

[@JessaJay]

I think it's really cool that you can learn ASL stories to help you remember words and things!

[@hannahhall8411]

My ASL 101 professor assigned this on Friday and expects us to present it LIVE IN CLASS on Monday. This woman has LOST HER MIND

[@sophiatomasulo8468]

thank you so much for sharing!!!!! absolutely saved my project

[@cmoore1608]

@SuperCullen2010 This is the way my course DVD instructed me to tell the story. There are a lot of regional differences in ASL (just like in English), so if your teacher tells you to do it differently, definitely do it that way. Glad you liked the video!

[@almightyrod4704]

Great advice....I'm an ASL1 student and I've learned sooooooo much....I wanted to add my own flare to the story like (skipping through the forest or burping after the drink) and my professor said "copy it exactly like the video from class"

[@gotape]

Glad this was on here! I have to do this for video on Thursday, and when I ordered my ASL I book, I got it from Amazon, and my Disc 2 wasn't in there! :( I've missed the last two labs from being sick, so this is a huge help to me! There were only a couple of things I missed on it... PS- We spell out Timber real big like that too!

[@cmoore1608]

I took three semesters of ASL before I had to stop due to scheduling conflicts. I'd love to study it again some day!

[@smileystephy17]

Mine's due tomorrow and I can only hope to do it as well as you, you absolute queen!

[@ibarratatiana]

Thank you for the captions!

[@cheyannebarnefske9506]

i think you did a very good job and i loved the part with the doctor that was funny.

[@tiagilmore5438]

My teacher used your video to show us how to sign this story. Its amazing.

[@frickingfricks5833]

Thanks for this, I have an assignment on Timber due next week. We have to change the character's description though.

[@ikimmy120810]

Good job! im currently taking ASL 1 and i have to do the same story.

[@DavidEckProductions]

i just gtta say.. this is pretty adorable

[@timothyn4699]

nice video, very clear signing and not crazy fast.

[@AntonioAdame1]

thankyou for this :)

[@rainierv1177]

this is so helpful:)

[@alisoncasey1609]

You are really good

[@saimanaz4172]

you are brave lady.

[@uniserenity1414]

god bless KZbinrs man

[@ASLInterpreterSHansen]

Hi! I was going to hunt around online for more versions of this story...the one I remember has a third part..the tree is DB and the fingerspelling is along the trunk (tactile)....timber! ;o) Thanks for posting ;o)

[@CASEDILLA]

You rock.

[@Piggiesunshine]

I did this last year, spring 2011. I was grading you lol. You did a great job for asl 1. Many asl 1 students are very self concious and think too much. If you practiced many times before recording it sure does show. :) I wonder if you continued with asl. Let me know.

[@-percnado-]

10 years later did they ever let you know?

[@Mookielady]

My iPod wont show the captions but I surprised my self. I understood the story perfectly.

[@notanotherpeterzhang7582]

This is so funny!

[@rebeccapotter4539]

Haha Your facials are adorable. My story is due tomorrow.

[@pot_luck_5723]

The honest fact all of the comments are from years ago and there right because am in ASL 1 and they always teach the timber story every year, this video was a lot of help especially because I don’t understand ASL that much and because this is going to be my final for semester 2 high school which is half my grade You should do a remake of the video I would love to see it, and I know the videos are the same but most kids think that since the video is from 14 years ago it’s different, which it isn’t they just don’t understand as well as I do Well at least you can know your video is still being played in most classes to teach ASL 1 students

[@ThetaSigma718]

Using this for an ASL assignment due Sunday because if I look at myself while recording I will have a breakdown and I don’t want my professor to see

[@micahwilliams2384]

Nice

[@katdog007]

nice battle axe ;)

[@xxshevilxx]

funny how that changes if you add a comma, "Nice, battleaxe"

[@23lexylex]

Thank you for this post, but I was wondering is this the same "timber story" as in the ASL 1 book "signing naturally"?

[@jacobmetcalfe6234]

it is indeed

[@Mirandanicholas]

ty

[@korrinjohnson8992]

I'm not seeing the captions. Is there something I need to click to activate them?

[@raquelvargas487]

AHH I HAVE THE SAME FINAL AND I FOUND THIS VIDEO OMG

[@cmoore1608]

@aprlbrwn Glad it was helpful!

[@naturemommyandchildrenanda3836]

Wow this is 12 yrs ago.

[@isabellalopez6772]

LMFAOOO NOT ME BEING HERE FOR MY PORTFOLIO

[@veronicagrano3105]

Where are the captions

[@BritA1948]

Who was your teacher? What school?

[@Mzangie4]

Where's the captions??

[@arwen-_-E.M.P.]

Oh thank goodness, I thought it was That horrible song by Kesha...

[@chiefsam401]

anyone here turn up their volume?

[@TeamFilthyz123]

I can"t stop staring...

[@cmoore1608]

@BritA1948 Lee Nettles at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts.

[@cmoore1608]

@adonan01 My video has English subtitles. Click the "CC" button in the lower right corner of the video to see the subtitles.

[@notanotherpeterzhang7582]

hi from Southwestern Academy final exam

[@xxstarbeexx]

Am I one of the only ones who question the story a bit, Like, what was the point of cutting down the trees-? Anyways- You did a great job this is amazing!! Tyvm!

[@shortieberg6343]

So what the hell happened to his soda can. I’m doing this dumb a assignment because I’m failing asl the worst class ever

[@xxstarbeexx]

Some people do coffee instead, Or juice or whatever

[@neveroddoreven19]

This was very good, and I don't mean to be rude, but did the sign for marshmallow instead of story :P I missed that up as well when I did Timber for class.

[@TheStrawbery2010]

I am sure she signed "story" right. the sign for marshmallow is upwards.

[@cheyannebarnefske9506]

are you deaf or hearing because i need to know because its for an assignment in ASL

[@Jen-tr3br]

How can a tree be deaf? How can it see the fingerspelling, it doesn't even have eyes 😂

[@imeggcellent4747]

3:01

[@bryanroyster2338]

You are bae!

[@charly29ful]

I don't want to sound rude but are you deaf or hearing? I'm hearing and I took an ASL class last year.

[@michellehall7936]

Where's the caption?

[@Vintantt]

in the description

[@naturemommyandchildrenanda3836]

Silly. 😊

[@23CrazyAsian]

who else is doing this for homework?

[@meridithgreen1713]

Hey, you should set this to private or unlisted since it's school work. Plus, there are several great versions by deaf story tellers on here already! I am a deaf asl teacher and this is a known rule in deaf culture, thanks.

[@Smellyalatah1]

you did awesome but the story in general was so lameeee!

[@traceystanton8376]

Very very old joke... please talk with lips too

[@alexvazquez9897]

this is an ASL assingment??

[@coolio86]

Very old joke, yawn... Move on to new jokes, please?

[@alliekingsley7919]

It's not a joke, it's literally an assignment for the ASL program at several schools.

[@collinhedges3297]

+Alley Kingsley yes, they're called Snippets!