Epic Things

The Quails King Quail has been very upset Time after time, a man would hunt them with a net When he does, he never seems to fail He takes what he captured, to the market he sells King Quail devises a plan To beat the man, he's sure they can He tells the quails when the time comes, fly up together To be strong, work together, and never ever surrender The plan works. The quails survive each time Til one day, two quails get into a fight A man comes closer and sees the opportunity The king warns the other, while the two quails ignore foolishly The other quails fly away with the king while the other two were never seen A man hunting the quails  ( Websource ) Bibliography . "The Quarrelsome Quails" from Twenty Jakata Tales by Noor Inayat.  Websource . Author's Note: I kept the true story and plot of Inayat's The Quarrelsome Quails. I wanted to do a story in rhymes. I really did not change anything from the original story. The biggest challenge I set for myself for this...

The Tortoise and Geese (Source: Katha Kids ) The turtle lives by a pond, where when others see him they would dodge.  He would talk all day and nigh t , and they would scurry out of sight.  The turtle has two geese friends , whose love no one could comprehend. The geese offer to carry him to the mountain , so he could talk forever to a new surrounding The turtle bit on a stick , which two ends the geese lift Up up they go, when kids start laughing below The turtle gets annoyed . Can't take anymore, he finally voiced. Straight down he fell , cracks open the turtle's shell Bibliography . "The Talkative Tortoise" From The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.  Websource . Author Notes : First of all, I am terrible at rhymes but I was up for the challenge for this week's storytelling assignment. I decided to do a rhyme-microfiction story. I changed to format to two different colors to make it easier for readers to read it. The story is pr...

Long ago in the land of Hastinapura, Queen Vichitravirya ruled with an iron fist. The Vichitravirya has two daughters, Pandu and her older daughter Dhritarashtra. After the queen passed away, the throne fell into Pandu, Vichitravirya's youngest daughter.  Queen Pandu has five daughters all with different husbands: Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. People call them the Pandava sisters. After Queen Pandu passed away her sister, Dhritarashtra, assumed the throne. Dhritarashtra has one-hundred daughters, all known as the Kauravas with the eldest named Duryodhana. Both the Pandavas and the Kauravas grew up together. But as they grew older, Duryodhana grew more and more resentful towards her cousins' beauty. When Duryodhana's own mother elected Yudhisthira as the heir to her throne, Duryodhana plans to ruin her cousins. Slowly, the Pandavas turn into nobodies after Duryodhana manipulated her mother into stripping their royal titles. As the Kaurava took over...

Bibliography : "Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition" by Laura Gibbs.  Web source . Draupadi has grown up all her life dealing with everything from her brother, Dhrishtadyumna, and her father, Drupada. She was forced into marriage with the Pandava brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. Just when she thought her life can't get any worse, she and her husbands were sent into exile. Living with five husbands became a living hell for her and she would do anything to escape.  One day, a nice king appeared named King Jayadratha. He glimpses at Draupadi and immediately wants her. However, all Draupadi wants is to escape so she makes an offer.  "If you take me away from the Pandavas, I will lay with you for a single night", she says. This surprises king Jayadratha as this was not the innocent demeanor she initially had. King Jayadratha agrees and takes her with him into his chariot. On the road, king Jayadratha spots the Pandava brothers coming...

Bibliography : "Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition" Part A and B by Laura Gibbs.  Web source . Drona has been a renowned high school football coach for the past 11 years. He has worked with the football team at the Garuda high school and they have been undefeated since then. Drona's son Ash with his best friends Arjuna, Yudhish, Bhima, Nakula, and Sahadeva have been an inseparable group since they were toddlers. They are the heart of the Garuda football team with Arjuna as captain. In fact, Arjuna is actually Drona's favorite player. Arjuna's only family is his widowed mother, and so he sees Drona as a father figure. Drona's son Ash never really felt the need to be jealous and has always seen Arjuna as his brother. Duryo on the other hand has jealous of Arjuna since they joined the team. The biggest game of the semester has begun, a game between the Garuda and Vishnu high school. With only 5 minutes to go, the Garuda huddle up to discuss the game plan. ...

Texting (Source: Livewire ) 10:46PM  Nina: I made it to India! Amy: How's Dave doing? Have you seen the place? Nina: It's perfect! Although, I found tampons and lipstick in his bathroom drawer. Not sure what that is about?? Amy: OMG! Nina... Nina: I know what you are gonna say. DONT. Amy: Just make sure you are taking care of yourself, okay? I don't wanna see you get hurt. Nina: He's acting weird though. I'm not sure if he's just tired or what.. Amy: He might be tired. Didn't he just get out of work too? Nina: True, True

Rama, It's been more than a few years since I have seen you. Who would have thought that I would be this distant from you, the love of my life. The first time I laid my eyes on you after the war, I knew that you were slowly falling out of love with me. Your eyes were no longer sparkling like they used to. My heart was broken into a million pieces. You had doubts, doubts I still do not understand to this day. I was never unfaithful to you. You are the only man I have ever loved. I was willing to die than to live without you.  I was willing to be nothing than to be something without you. Every time Ravana would torture and torment me, I would remind myself that you would come back to me.  Despite how many times I had to prove my innocence to you, you did not care as all you cared about was what the public think. I did not know what to do. Hence, I surrendered. I would do anything you asked of me, even exile. I had to raise our children without you, without their father, and with...

As a child, Sita would listen to the same bedtime story told by her father, a story of a princess gifted to him by the goddess of the earth. Every time, he would end the story with "and that princess is you" as she falls asleep. Sita is King Janaka's precious daughter whom he adopted and loves dearly. She is the definition of beauty and purity. She had a wonderful childhood filled with love and joy. Finally, the time has come as Sita has become of age for marriage. King Janaka is preparing for the social season to arrange matches and possible suitors for his daughter.  He announces to the public, "The man who is able to lift any of these bows will be the one worthy of my daughter." Little did the public know, the king ordered bows made of compact sand that would disintegrate immediately if not held delicately. Only one person has successfully done so and that person was Sita. Sand (Source: PxHere ) Suitors from the whole land would line up awaiting the challenge...

An alternate version of Goblin City with a twisted prequel. Long ago on the island of Ceylon, men rule the land with an iron fist. Women were expected to bear the child, care for the child, and spend the rest of their lives working to supply food for the people. While men were to eat, sleep, repeat and do what they please with women. On one cold evening, the women gathered around to pray and hope for a better future. A witch appeared and grant them a wish. A woman stood up and said "the death of men." And just like that, all men fell ill with an incurable disease. But, with every wish comes a price. The witch turned all the women into terrifying hungry goblins with an uncontrollable hunger for human flesh. With that, the goblins attacked. What the men didn't know was the goblins were able to shape-shift. Each of the goblins shape-shifted into the most terrifying looking beast. One by one, the men were eaten alive. Each of the men screamed for help while others accepted th...