There once was a young boy name Arthur. Arthur was
born into middle class family during the medieval times and grew up within the
city's walls all his life. Arthur's family owned a bakery shop near the central
castle which was heavily guarded by ironclad knights. Arthur had always found
knights to be extremely interesting and took to becoming a page and entered
apprenticeship under a well respected knight of the city. As the years passed
Arthur progressed into a fine knight and became well respected all across the
land. He defeated many great monsters in his time and traveled the land far and
wide to offer his services. One day, he received a letter from a king in a
faraway land pleading for Arthur the Great to rid them of a foul demon wreaking
havoc on his lands. Arthur accepted the request and sailed to the faraway land
quickly. Upon arrival, Arthur was met with a young boy the king had sent to
show him the lair of the demon. As Arthur approached the lair he began to
hear a deep roar, a sound no human could make. He gripped his sword tight and
braced for battle. Seconds turned to minutes, and minutes turned to hours. The
two parties appeared to be in a standoff and Arthur grew restless. He poked his
guide with his sword and ushered him towards the demon’s lair. As the guide was
pushed further toward the darkness the demon launched out of its dark dwelling
and attacked the boy, and fiercely devoured him. Arthur knew he would be next
and began to run. He ran to the outer opening of the demon’s layer and sealed it
shut with as many rocks as he could carry. He quickly collected his bounty from
the king and left quickly. He tried very hard to forget that time. Arthur never
picked up a sword again and into his old age he retold his great feats to his
grandchildren. All, except one, that would go on to haunt him every night. The
young boy’s life that he sacrificed so easily as mere bait would never cease to
haunt him and in his grief made him take his own life.
Author's Note: This story is
loosely based off the story of Dasaratha's grief over killing the young boy in
the forest, and having it haunt him in his sleep. I wanted to take a
medieval spin on the folklores we’ve been reading in class to change things up
a little bit.
I liked your idea to put a twist on the story of Ayodhya's great king while also elaborating a little bit on the details. I was impressed by your ability to transform the story into one fit for a different time period. The story about Arthur had me feeling a bit of the regetful anguish that Dasarthra must have felt when the boy haunted him. Good work.
ReplyDeleteHey Avi! I really like the twist you put to this story. I really do enjoy Dashratha’s story about the time he regretted for the rest of his life and this was a really great way of retelling that story. I really enjoyed having this midievil spin on this story and the brand new character were great too. It will be fun reading more of your stories throughout the semester.
ReplyDeleteHey, good evening, once again I enjoyed reading one of your stories. This was definitely a very different take on the Ramayana but liked it. The merging of it and the story of Dasaratha’s grief turned out to combine quite well. The picture you used was also a good choice; it really brought about a vibrant image of what was going on. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteIt’s interesting how you took this story, but I’m not sure if it works particularly. There was just this space in the center where the two stood outside the cave like cowards and I was not a fan. I always didn’t feel like the guy killed the boy per say in this retelling. It was just a story of cowardice where nothing particularly exciting happened. Sorry, but not my favorite from you.
ReplyDeleteHi again Avi Lal! I really enjoyed reading your story and thought you did a great job on retelling it. I always enjoy reading your stories because of the amount creativity and time you put in your work. I really liked how you put a twist on the story. Overall I think you did a great job and I hope to be reading more in the future.
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