Friday, March 30, 2018

Week 10 Story: Oh Silly Hare

There once existed a nervous and ever dreadful hare, Demar, who got frightened at the slightest of sounds. He was born to strong and loving parents, who could not understand why in the world their child was always so afraid. When the parents, Delia and Somar were around Demar was a bit less easily rattled. One nice spring day Delia and Somar went to visit some relatives leaving Demar with a a family friends, the Lion. Demar loved Lion like an uncle and thought he was smart and strong. Lion took Demar to park nearby with many blooming trees.

While playing, Demar ran into a tree and caused a fruit to fall down. Demar could not see the fallen fruit and assumed the worst was happening, "the earth is collapsing!" Shouting over and over again that the earth was collapsing Demar ran as fast as he could. Lion tried to stop him, but the young one was just to fast for him. Demar ran past a few other hares in the parks and they started running as well when they heard what Demar was shouting. Soon the birds heard and told the deer who were grassing on the perennials. The wild boars saw the massive group of animals running all shouting that "the earth is collapsing" and started running also. Not much time later the tigers, lions, elephants, buffalos, monkeys, and camels had joined in and were shouting "the earth is collapsing" at the top of their lungs.

The Lion who was left behind at the park by Demar finally caught him and made him stop. Demar was so afraid that he was fighting his uncle to let him go so he could continue to run. At this point the Lion was utterly confused as to why Demar would think that the earth is collapsing. He had Demar explain what he had encountered to make him think that. Demar reiterated how he had ran into a tree trunk and heard a loud crack sound. With that Lion took Demar back to the park to get to the bottom of this mystery.

All the animals followed them and started to wonder why earth was still here and no gone. Demar lead the Lion to the tree and Lion walked the perimeter to discover a fallen coconuts in the back. In a low voice he called Demar over to the other side of the tree to show the fallen coconuts. Soon others started coming over to the tree when they heard Demar repeating "Oh no, what big mistake I have made!" Instead of laughing or getting mad at him the other animals understood that mistakes happen and left after saying "Next time just look before scaring yourself and assuming the worst." Realizing his mistake, Demar slowly became less easily frightened. Whenever Demar was frightened he thought back to his mistake before running off again.

Author's Note: So I revamped this story to hold the original message of the story, but adding a few characters names and made a few events different. Overall the story's message was to think and look before you ask. That was the lesson that the Lion in the original story teaches the Hare in the end.

Bibliography: The Hare That Ran Away, Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie Shedlock

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The animals gathered around the tree

4 comments:

  1. Hi Mansi!
    This was such a cute version of this story. I love that you talked about the hare's parents and his relationship with them. I'm sure it would be frustrating to have such a scared kid, and you captured that really well. I also love that you made the Lion almost family to Demar; it made the ending very sweet.

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  2. Nice to meet you Mansi!
    I have just finshed up reading your story "Oh Silly Hare". I loved the story and especially loved how you kept true to the orginal story throughout yours. I did enjoy how you added a few more events to the story to add a bit more depth to it. I also enjoyed how you kept the animals the same as the original as they are the best fitting for their respective roles.

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  3. Hi Manci. I liked your rendition of the rabbit Jataka! I thought giving the characters actual names and backstory helped to spice the story up a bit. I liked that you kept the moral of the story the same without having everyone pick on the rabbit; we all make mistakes, and for a silly mistake like that no one needs to be chastised!

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  4. Hi Mansi! I really enjoyed this story written by you. Thank you for sharing with us! I really think you did an incredible job creating a unique characterization of the plot and of the setting, and of course with each and every character involved. I definitely don't think there were any gaps that you could have filled better and you really provided a great twist to the story as well that kept the reader (me) on edge and ready for what was next. Thank you again for sharing!

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