Ghost that Haunts
image by Fer Gregory
The story that peaked my interest in wanting to rewrite was
from part A was “The Boy Who Became a Bulbul. I like this story for there is so
much more that could be done with it. When writing my own version of the story I
would keep the intro like the original story where the son and father have a
competition of some sort and the father cheats in the end. After the father
kills the son I would have cut off the head still and try to feed the meat to
the sister. After this I would start to really change things up. I would have
the sister bury the remains of the brother near a haunted cemetery so that I would
be able to haunt my father and stepmother. This iswhere I would really deviate
from the original story. I would take a revenge on my parents starting with my stepmother
who originally came up with the competition by taking over a bird and having it
sing to her most beautifully. It will cause her to want to hear it again but
when she says that I would make her close her eyes and swiftly sow her mouth
and eyes shut. This would be revenge for trying to feed me to my sister and coming
up with the competition. Next, I would haunt the father and kill him for
cheating me in some way. There are many ways I could do this. Far too many to write
down. I am set on how to handle the stepmother. To finally end with a somewhat
happy ending I would reward the sister for being a good sister. This would be
my plan if I want to rewrite this story.
bibliography: Persian Tales by translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer
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