Week 2 Story : The Mighty Monkey
A long time ago in a land far far away... was a pond. But not just any pond. This was the pond of miracles. A pond where the ordinary was not ordinary and everything that seemed to be wasn't. The animals thought to have the most power in the Kingdom, actually had the least. The animals said to have the least amount of power, somehow had the most. And so it was, a monkey, George, was the most mighty of them all. It wasn't a strength that made him most mighty, but his brain. He was said to be the wisest animal in all the land. Other animals resented him for this, wishing they too could have the levels of wisdom that George had. So, one night a crocodile, Chad, thought just how much he wished to take down George so he no longer was so important and legendary. He came up with an idea, he would be an imposter. He would pretend to need George's wisdom and try to ask him a question, but when George was not paying attention, he would swallow him whole! So, Chad came to the pond knowing George would be there and approached George.
Chad said, " George I've been looking everywhere for you."
George replied, "Well here I am, how can I be of help to you Chad?"
Chad said, "I just needed to ask you about this girlfriend of mine..."
George, looking confused, replied, "Hmmm. Let me think."
At this moment, Chad lunged for George, hoping to catch him off guard and take him down. But, George quickly jumped from his place to a nearby rock.
George said, "Chad, your feeble attempt to trick me is ridiculous, nobody will ever be able to outsmart me."
And on his way George went, thinking nothing of the attempt on his life while Chad was left there dumbfounded.
Authors Note
Adapted characters into George and Chad. The crocodile was trying to kill out of jealousy, not love. The monkey was still important and well known but I made him extremely wise in my version. The story is set in a pond, where the original was in a River.
Bibliography. "The Crocodile in the River" from The Jataka: Volume 1 by Robert Chalmers. Web Source
I really enjoyed your re-telling of The Crocodile in the River! This one is a lot easier to follow than the original, and you use just the right amount of description to make it vivid but not boring. Also, it was a good call to have the crocodile attempt to kill out of jealousy rather than love. It makes more sense to me that way. Really great job with this!
ReplyDeleteI thought that your version of this story was so cute! I agree, like Brooke said in here comment above, that your version of the story was 100% easier to follow (and had easier character names to pronounce) than the original story. I was able to envision this story playing out in my head, which made reading it all-the-more fun!
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