Once upon a time, a bear was thrown into jail for being the town
drunk. He tried and tried to get out, but he could not.
By chance a poor man walked by.
"Let me out, I got thrown
in here for getting too drunk," cried the bear.
"No way," replied the
man, "you will probably eat me."
“No I will not,” pleaded the bear, “I will be very grateful and be
your protector and guard.”
After hours of sobbing and pleading to the man, he finally yielded
to the bears request and opened the gate of the jail. Jumping out of the cell
and grabbing the man, yelling, “You fool! I haven’t eaten in months, what is
going to stop me from eating you now?”
Pleading for his life he cried, “Please do not hurt me, I have
done nothing wrong. What can I do to convince you to let me live?”
“Well if you could somehow get me some Budlight I would forgive
you and let you go in peace,” the bear said.
Not knowing how he could come up with the request, the man walked
towards the town. Along the road, he stumbled upon a wizard. The man told him
his story and the wizard told him to take him to the bear.
The bear screamed, “I am going to have to eat you now since you
did not come back with any budlight,” as the man and the wizard walked up to
him.
The man bursts out, “You are mistaken, the wizard can turn
anything into budlight with just the flick of his staff.”
The bear then asks for the wizard to turn his jail cell into Budlight. Without hesitation the wizard points his staff at the cell and turns its
all into Budlight.
The bear cheers, “Dilly, dilly”, at the site of endless beer and
goes back into his cell happier than ever. Letting the man walk away in peace.
Bear attacking the man Wikimedia Commons
Author's Note
The story above is a modification of the Tricksters: Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal with different characters and a change in the ending. I used the wizard from the recent Budlight commercials in placement of the trickster.
Bibliography
Tricksters: Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations from John Batton.
Hi Michael!
ReplyDeleteI actually laughed out loud by you saying the bear was the "town drunk!" This was a comical way of rewriting the story, and one that I don't think anyone else thought of. I also thought it was funny that the bear wanted a bud light for his first "meal" after being let out of jail. Any Dilly Dilly joke at this time is gold - and it made me so happy that you wrote this story about it! Great job and keep up the good work lol
Hi Micheal! I like the amount of dialogue you have in this story. It's really punchy and engaging. I think that the story could use some more set up and exposition though. I can't picture where this is taking place or the environment that surrounds the conversation. I do think that the change into a pop culture reference it fun and exciting.
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