-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson Collin Ellsbury, 16, breaks under the pressure of being bullied during a FDSH Storytellers performance at Cooper Elementary School Thursday. Each chain represents a mean comment that was said to him.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson The Fort Dodge Senior High Storytellers utilized a variety of unusual instruments during their performance at Cooper Elementary School on Thursday.

-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson Dominic Diekman, 5, front, shares a laugh will fellow Cooper Elementary students during a performance by the Fort Dodge Senior High Storytellers, a musical theater group, Thursday at Cooper Elementary School.