A spoof tells an event with a humorous twist. The main purpose of a spoof is to entertain the readers
The Example of Spoof:
The
Zoo Job Story
One
day a clown was visiting the zoo and attempted to earn some money by making a
street performance. He acted and mimed perfectly some animal acts. As soon as
he started to drive a crowd, a zoo keeper grabbed him and dragged him into his
office. The zoo keeper explained to the clown that the zoo's most popular
gorilla had died suddenly and the keeper was fear that attendance at the zoo
would fall off. So he offered the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until
the zoo could get another one. The clown accepted this great opportunity.
So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted, played and made fun of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
So the next morning the clown put on the gorilla suit and entered the cage before the crowd came. He felt that it was a great job. He could sleep all he wanted, played and made fun of people and he drove bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. He pretended the gorilla successfully.
(Introduction)
However, eventually the crowds were tired of him for just swinging on tires. He
began to notice that the people were paying more attention to the lion in the
next cage. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he decided to
make a spectacular performance. He climbed to the top of his cage, crawled
across a partition, and dangled from the top to the lion's cage. Of course,
this made the lion furious, but the crowd people loved it.
(Event 1)
At the end of the day the zoo keeper came and gave him a raise for being such a
good attraction. Well, this went on for some time, he kept taunting the lion,
the audience crowd grew a larger, and his salary kept going up. Then one terrible
day happened. When he was dangling over the furious lion, he slipped and fell
into the lion cage. The clown was really in big terrible situation. He was
terrified.
(Event 2)
Sooner the lion gathered itself and prepared to pounce. The clown was so scared.
He could do nothing and he began to run round and round the cage with the lion
close and closer behind. Finally, the lion could catch him. The clown started
screaming and yelling, "Help me, help me!", but the lion was quick
and pounces. The clown soon found himself flat on his back looking up at the
angry lion and suddenly he heard a voice from the lion’s mouth;"Shut up
you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?".
(Twist)
