Aesop's The Crane and the Fox:
Amy and Sam
FRANKENSTEIN:
Jessica, Chad, and Mervyn
ANIMAL FARM:
Brittany, Kristen, Andrea
DRACULA:
Charlie, Alex, Sarah
Aesop's The Fox and the Crow:
Kiarra
BILLYGOATS GRUFF:
Sarah, Andrea, Holley

http://2600c.blogspot.com/2012/04/8-frame-animation.html

MAKE:
TWO CHARACTERS
TWO BACKGROUNDS
WRITE:
A DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT YOU PLAN TO TRY TO DO WITH YOUR PROJECT:
(using the alice .swf as a model)
This should of course include the name of your (at least 75 year old) text and the parts of it you plan to turn into interactive scenes

Controlling the Main Timeline and a Movie Clip Instance Timeline with Buttons on the Main Timeline

FredButtonInstanceName1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, responseToMouseEvent1);

function responseToMouseEvent1(event:MouseEvent):void {
stop();
}

GeorgeButtonInstanceName2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, responseToMouseEvent2);

function responseToMouseEvent2(event:MouseEvent):void {
HarryMovieClipInstanceName1.stop();
}

RonButtonInstanceName3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, responseToMouseEvent3);

function responseToMouseEvent3(event:MouseEvent):void {
play();
}

HermioneButtonInstanceName4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, responseToMouseEvent4);

function responseToMouseEvent4(event:MouseEvent):void {
HarryMovieClipInstanceName1.play();
}