Storytelling for Week 3: Sad love story

Here continues the story of three sisters Mary, Ally and Sarah.

So, Mary continued, “Not all love stories have a happy ending. There is always an antagonist in the story, which we did not encounter in our last bedtime story. Let’s meet him this time, sisters.”

After a year, Mickey and Minnie were blessed with one cute little daughter named Micmin. Her name was formed by the combination of the first three letters of their names. One day while having dinner, Mickey told Minnie about his one and only best friend, Pete. Mickey described Pete as a short, handsome guy. Pete was really close to Mickey and was planning on visiting them. When he arrived, Mickey introduced Pete to Minnie and since Minnie was very beautiful, Pete kept staring at her and said to himself, “Wow, Mickey has got a beautiful wife. She has gorgeous eyes and perfect figure.” After spending a great week with Mickey and Minnie, Pete was so impressed with Minnie that he wanted to make her his own wife.

Ally interrupted, “What an evil friend!”

Yes, Pete was not a good friend, but an evil personality who wanted to get his best friend’s wife without considering that Minnie was his friend’s life. Pete wanted to confess his love to Minnie, but he could not find a right time to express it. Luckily for Pete, Mickey was out for work and Minnie was home alone. She was in the kitchen making scrambled eggs for breakfast for Pete and herself. While sitting at the breakfast table, Pete started the conversation about his personal life.

He said, “I want to marry someone just like you, Minnie.” 

Minnie just took that as a compliment and said, “Yes, you will definitely find someone even better than me.” 

Suddenly, Pete shouted “NO, I ONLY WANT YOU YOU YOU AND JUST YOU” while slamming his hands on the table. At that moment, Minnie did not know where to go or even what to do because she could no longer stay there with that crazy man. 

Then, Pete followed Minnie into the room and while holding her, he said, “Let’s marry and I can promise you I will keep you even more  happy than Mickey.” 

Minnie said, “What are you talking about? I love Mickey and cannot think of anyone else except for him.” After listening to all this Pete picked her up on his shoulder and took her away. After a couple of hours Mickey came home and looked for Minnie, but he could not find her. Then he anxiously yelled “Pete, Pete” and then he heard Micmin's cry and he ran into the bedroom. After a few minutes, Mickey tried to calm himself down and called Minnie and Pete, but they did not answer. At the end, Mickey was never able to find Minnie even though he looked for her for a very long time. 

Mary said, “Here the story ends, where Mickey stayed alone with his daughter and was never able to find Minnie."

Ally was very disappointed with Mary’s bedtime story and she said, “Mary, next time come up with a better story. This is going to be a horrible night for me.”

Then, Mary said, “Ally, it was just a story. Don’t be sad.”

Minnie and Pete by Source: Flickr

Author's Note:   For this storytelling, I used bedtime story style again because I wanted to continue on with the same concept story of three sisters: Mary, Ally and Sarah. Like in a previous bedtime story, Mickey played as Rama and Minnie as Sita. As compared to the original Ramayana, there was an antagonist named Ravana, who was played by Pete, in the retold story. I decided to make Pete Mickey's friend at first and then later reveal Pete's real and evil personality. The reason for that was to give a story little twist where an actual identity of a character is hidden, which was different from the Ramayana. My retold story continues on after a year. Mickey and Minnie had one cute little daughter. In the Ramayana, Sita and Rama had two sons. They grew up with Sita in the forest, where Sita was sent by Rama because he was not willing to accept Sita pure. Unlike the Ramayana, to show Mickey and Minnie's love and strong bond, I decided to give Mickey and Minnie a baby before being kidnapped. However, Pete kidnaps Minnie and Mickey was never able to find her even though he looked for her for a very long time. Finally, I made the ending different from the original story. In the original story, Earth takes Sita while in my storytelling Pete takes her. The entire setting was different compared to the Ramayana and my story. The entire story took place in a modern house, rather than in a forest place.

Bibliography: "Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana" by Public Domain Edition. Website: Image library for MLLL-4993, Epics of Ancient India

Week 3 Reading Diary, continued: Hanuman and Sita

Title: Ramayana-Hanuman-and-Sita

Link: http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/search/label/PDE%20Ramayana

For these sections of the reading, the most interesting part I thought was when Rama questions Sita's purity and sends her to exile. However, Sita on the other hand never thought of anyone else except for Rama. Plus, she was willing to justify herself by burning into the fire, but Agni protects her from the fire. Sita giving birth to twin boys of Rama and they had similarity with Rama. I liked the character of Lakshama because he was always been a great support to Sita and he knew that Sita was pure, while her husband was being harsh and serious about that. However, I liked the ending of how Sita was taken by the Earth because Rama no longer deserves her nor her love, after insulting and for not trusting her purity. At the same time, building a golden image of Sita does show his love Sita, but however they did not get to live and die together after being so much in love. I found this image interesting when Earth was taking away Sita and along with that I was imagining Rama's condition when he would no longer be able to live with Sita. I am sure that Sita did not wanted to go with them, but she did not have any option after being betrayed by her husband, whom she loved the most. However, it was a sad ending, Rama and Sita did not get to live together. 

Image: Sita goes into the earth

Week 3 Reading Diary: Hanuman and Sita

Title: Ramayana-Hanuman-and-Sita

Link: http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/search/label/PDE%20Ramayana

Then Hanuman considered that this must be Sita, for she was fair and spotless, like a moon overcast by clouds, and she wore such jewels as Rama had described to him. Hanuman shed tears of joy and thought of Rama and Lakshmana. Hanuman offered to carry her away, but in her modesty she refused to touch the body of any male being save Rama. She took from her hair a bright jewel which she gave to Hanuman as a token, and she said that Ravana had allowed her but two months to live if she refused to yield to him.For the loved and cherished Sita is to Rama ever dear,
And he sends his loving message, and his force is drawing near! Sita held that tender token from her loved and cherished lord, And once more herself she fancied to his loving arms restored.
But Hanuman was not satisfied with finding Sita; he dashed about the Ashoka grove and broke the trees and spoiled the pavilions, like the Wind himself. The rakshasis sent messages to Ravana for help, and he, hearing that a mighty monkey was destroying his servants, sent the powerful Jambumali, son of Prahasta, bow in hand, to slay Hanuman forthwith, and, indeed, he wounded him with a sharp arrow as he sat upon a temple roof, but Hanuman hurled a bolt at him and crushed him utterly.But the wily monkey gave no sign that the bonds were loosed, and the fierce rakshasas, crying to each other "Who is he? What does he want?" and "Kill him! Burn him! Eat him!" dragged him before Ravana.

In the image Sita was  scared of Hanuman when she first saw him. 

At first, Sita was scared of Hanuman