Once there was I, a curious tiger was minding my own
business and I got caught in a cage. I thought I would be done for until a
brahman came through the same area as me and saw the cage.
“Stop, will you help me” I asked the brahman.
He replied “no, for you will eat me.”
I replied “No, I will not for I will forever be in your
debt.”
The brahman, after hearing this, opened the cage for me. A
few seconds from emerging from the cage my stomach started to growl, for I had
been locked in the cage for days and had not eaten. My primal instinct started
to take over and I had the need to eat something.
I explained to the Brahman, “I will give you a choice here.
I owe you a debt for opening the cage for me, but I am fighting my primal
instinct to feed on your flesh. I will give you a choice for I do owe you. I
will let you talk to the first three things you see fit to ask if you should
let me eat you or not.”
So, the brahman set out. I told him I would stay where we
were, but little did he know I followed him.
The first thing he asked was a tree and the tree responded,
“I have provided shade and cleaned the air for many but in the end, people will
cut me down. Just accept your fate.”
From there the brahman left unhappy and saddened. Next, I
followed him to where he spoke to a chicken. He asked the chickens thoughts and
it replied, “people use me for my eggs and when I am unable to lay eggs any
more they will eat me. Man, up and let what happens happen.”
Once again, the brahman left with low faith. As I followed
him he finally came across a road and asked its thoughts and it replied,”
People use me to have something to follow but never do they praise me for
helping them not get lost. We all get used for what is needed.”
Knowing the brahman had failed to find a reason for me to
not eat him I raced back to cage so that he would not know I had followed him.
I arrived at the cage and waited for him to arrive.
Later that day the brahman arrived at the cage but he was
not alone. He had brought a jackal with him.
I asked the brahman” Have you found a reason for me to not
eat you?”
He replied” I do not, but the jackal has something”
The jackal made the statement, “I am confused on how this
whole thing started. Will you explain to me what happened?”
I consented to his question being a good tiger and explain
the whole situation. Then the Jackal responded, “I am still confused will you
explain again but slower.”
Irritated I nicely explained the situation again.
The jackal once again stated, “I am still confused”
So, in a spur of the moment decision I jumped into the cage
and asked if the jackal understood thus far. He responded, “I understood the
whole time and now your locked back in the cage.”
The brahman thanked the jackal and they went their separate
ways. I had felt cheated because the brahman had spoke to one more thing than
we had made a deal for and ended up cheating me. I will remained locked in this
cage and starve to death because I was cheated the brahman and tricked by a
jackal.
end story
author's notes: I took the original story of the the Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal and told the story from the tigers point of view. I made the story to look like the tiger really was not the bad guy but the brahman and the jackal cheated and were bad. By changing the point of view it changes the whole tone of the story. I also changed one character which was the buffalo to chicken for I related the chicken more to the story.I wanted to tell from the tiger view for I thought it would be fun.
bibliography: Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1912).
Hi Nick,
ReplyDeleteI love how you tweaked this story. It was very simple, but also effective in changing how the reader reads it and feels at the end. You feel differently about the characters because of the perspective shift that you used in retelling the story. Great idea!
Hello Nick, I like that you decided to tell this story from the ‘bad guy’s point of view. I always love hearing both sides of a story! It makes sense that the tiger would feel cheated by the Brahman. I was a little confused about why the tiger decided to follow the Brahman. Was he trying to make sure the Brahman didn’t cheat him?
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your story this week. I also have enjoyed storytelling from a different perspective in the story. I think it definitely changes the way that one views the story completely.
Hey Nick! I just finished reading your story and loved it! I thought it was an interesting idea to tell the story from the tigers point of view and change it up a bit. It completely changed the whole feel of the story. After reading your story, I'm interested to read the original story and compare the two. Overall, this story was well-written. Nice job!
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