**Disclaimer: I’ve never actually read "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
In the beginning, all animals were equal. One would think a balance of power would create peace amongst the animals of the Jingle, but chaos reigned. In the hopes of easing the fighting, the gods gifted each species an attribute at which they would be the best. The tiger received the gifts of craftiness and stealth, making him a lethal hunter. He spent his days slipping silently through the underbrush, spying in his prey. There cane a day, soon after the last of the animals had received their gifts, that the tiger happened upon a son of man. The tiger knew the humans had been given the gifts of beauty and wisdom. He wondered at man's reason for entering the woods, where many animals could now kill him quite easily. Curious, he followed the human to the home of the gods. There, the tiger heard the man ask the gods for strength to match his beauty and wisdom. The gods instructed the human to return the next day for his gift. Jealous, the tiger came back the next day and stole the gift of strength for his own. When the human arrived, his gift had already been given, and he received the gift of skill instead.
Because of his stolen strength, the tiger was chosen as king of the animals. However, he was ignorant to the cultures of his kingdom. While he was out hunting one day, he heard the most beautiful singing and demanded to marry the singer. The monkey tribe to whom his bride belonged invited him to claim his young bride a week later, but when he attempted to wake her, her head fell off! Her family attacked him, wounding him in a way that would never heal.
As the tiger king grew weaker and weaker from his injuries following the monkey incident, he became unable to bring his hunts back to fill the family stores. His sister, the cat, grew irate with him. When confronted about the struggle of a royal family living like peasants, the tiger grew angry. It was not his fault the monkeys had attacked him over a simple underestimation of his strength! Things were back to normal for a while, until he had some friends over. He asked his sister to light the hookah and the brat had the audacity to tell him there was no fire! So he sent her to retrieve some from the humans. The cat took so long to return, that the tiger's friends began to dismiss themselves. Angry that his sister had ruined his social gathering, he began walking to the human village to retrieve her. However, as the tiger king got closer, he began to weaken his old injuries making themselves known... and he collapsed.
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Hi Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI really like your story! It’s really interesting that gods decided to give each species an attribute. I like tiger’s attribute of craftiness and stealth. That stealth function sounds pretty amazing for hunting and catching preys. It’s really interesting that tiger and human are competing with different gifts. I also like the cute picture of tired or sleeping tiger. I think the story teaches an important lesson: Don’t be greedy and jealous. Thank you for a great post!
Hey there Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI love that you decided to do a mash up of stories. Since I didn’t read this unit, it was also super helpful that you added the author’s notes at the top. I know it’s not a required thing to do for story writing, but I for sure thing it helps readers before getting into your story piece. When reading your new adaptation, I had to do a couple of re-takes when reading just from a few grammar errors. Something that helps me immensely in this class has been using grammarly on my writing assignments! I highly suggest checking it out becasue you have great ideas and storytelling ability, just a few errors here and there. Easy fixes though. Nice story!
Hi Jessica!
ReplyDeleteI like how you put the authors note at the top. I didn't read this original story, so having the explanation right at the top before I read your story was super helpful. I like how you decided to create something so different from the original. Also, your story was well spaced out so it was easier to read! I will say I had to re-read some of the parts of the story to try and understand what was happening, but after I re-read it, it made more sense. Nice creativity!
Hey Jessica!
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading your story "The Unlucky Tiger," and I loved it! I thought it was so well-written and really easy to understand. I also liked the idea of incorporating a valuable lesson within your story. I have been putting the author's notes at the end, but I liked how you put the notes at the beginning. It allows the reader to have an understanding of what the story might be like. I enjoyed reading your story, and look forward to reading your stories in the future! Overall, nicely done!