How to sign "Clifford To The Rescue" in ASL

[SJCSue]

I need to sign a children's story in my sign language and I chose to do "Clifford To The Rescue". Could someone show me how to sign the story in true ASL? You may choose to type the story in ASL and I may look the words I do not know or tell me how to sign the words I do not know (I will tell you what signs I do not know).

Here's the story in English if you do not have the book:

I'm Emily Elizabeth and this is my dog, Clifford. Clifford likes to eat. And he likes to play. But most of all, Clifford likes to help. A kitten was in danger, Clifford was right there. And when Clifford's friends were trapped behind a fence...Clifford came to the rescue.

Clifford's brother, Nero is also very helpful. Nero is a rescue dog at a fire station. Clifford and I visited him. While we were there, the alarm rang. We followed the fire truck. Nero rushed into the building. Clifford helped him.

One day, Clifford and I saw a sign that said the circus was in town. A smaller sign said the circus needed help. So Clifford slipped into an elephant suit and gave them a hand, I mean, a tail.

Last year, our town celebrated its birthday with a big parade. Suddenly, a man ran up and stopped the parade. There was trouble ahead at the bridge. Clifford and I rushed off as fast as we could go.

Oh, no! The bridge had collapsed. Clifford did some quick thinking. Can you guess what happened then? The big parade went on as planned but Clifford was not in it.....He was under it!

One day, I was walking my big red dog when a car came speeding past us. And right behind it came a police car. The police were chasing robbers. Clifford took a short cut....caught the robbers. The police were happy.

I'm so proud of my big red dog.

 

[Taric25]

Clifford in ASL

Here's my interpretation. I hope you find this helpful.

ME E-M-I-L-Y E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H THIS MY DOG NAME C-L-I-F-F-O-R-D. HE ENJOY FIRST EAT YES SECOND PLAY YES THIRD BEST HELP YES. FIRST WHEN LITTLE CAT TROUBLE, HE FAST HELP SECOND HIS FRIEND STUCK BEHIND FENCE HE ARRIVE BECOME SAFE.

HIS BROTHER NAME N-E-R-O. HELP SAME. N-E-R-O WHAT? DOG HELP. WHERE? FIRE STATION. HE (use your dominant hand) ME TWO-OF-US WENT VISIT HE (sign with your other hand) N-E-R-O. (Use a casual facial expression) WHEN WE THERE, (change your facial expession to frantic) FIRE RING RING LOUD! C-L-I-F-F-O-R-D ME TWO-OF-US (use your dominant hand) FOLLOW FIRE DRIVE. HE (use your other hand) N-E-R-O ZOOM IN. HE (use your dominant hand) HELP (sign HELP, but move the sign from your dominant side to your other side).

ONE DAY, HE (use your dominant hand) AND ME SEE SIGN. SIGN SAY WHAT? CIRCUS ARRIVE HERE THEN SEE LITTLE SIGN SAY CIRCUS HELP NEED. S-O, HE (use clasifiers to show yourself fitting into costume) FINISH BECOME ELEPHANT S-O HELP WITH HAND SORRY TAIL.

LAST-YEAR, HERE WE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY FOR OUR TOWN WITH BIG PARADE THEN MAN RUN (hold up your hands to show your self telling the people to halt). WHY? SAY TROUBLE. WHERE? NEXT BRIDGE. HE (use your dominant hand) C-L-I-F-F-O-R-D ME TWO-OF-US FAST ZOOM RUN.

ARRIVE. NO! BRIDGE COLLAPSE. TWO-OF-US PONDER. THEN? WHAT? GUESS CAN? BIG PARADE CONTINUE PLAN, BUT C-L-I-F-F-O-R-D WHERE? NOTHING. HIMSELF UNDER BRIDGE!

ONE DAY, ME WALKING WITH MY BIG RED DOG THEN DRIVE ZOOM PASS-BY THEN ZOOM FLASH POLICE PASS-BY. WHY? FOLLOW ROBBER. C-L-I-F-F-O-R-D FIND (use clasifiers to show clifford cutting the robbers off at the pass) CATCH ROBBER. POLICE HAPPY.

ME VERY PROUD MY BIG RED DOG.