Story: Adventures of Rich and Mike

One day a man named Mike was wandering around his neighborhood trying to decide what he wanted to do for the day. While he was quite bored and was not sure what his day would consist of, he decided to call his friend Rich and see if he wanted to hang out.

Rich and Mike were great friends, even though they would get on each other’s nerves from time to time. Rich was actually the smartest person in the world who so happened to live in Mike’s neighborhood. They began hanging out when they were very young and grew up to be very close. Rich was always into making weird toys and futuristic type objects; sometimes they would work, and sometimes they wouldn’t. But as they got older, Rich’s experiments actually began to work and do things no one had ever seen before… so this is where their story begins.

Mike and Rich decided to go on an adventure and see what they could get into. As they were walking through town on their way to a nearby abandoned park, they saw a man standing in their path who seemed to want something from them. Rich, who did not want to stop and help this man decided to keep walking past the man. Mike, on the other hand, was the type of person to help anyone who was in need.

Mike stopped to ask this man what was wrong and made Rich stop with him so they could continue their adventure together. The man asked if the two boys would help get him to the top of the mountain so he could collect food for his family, and while both boys knew they could easily help him up there by sending him in one of Rich’s transportation devices, they decided to do it the hard way.

Both boys walked all the way to the top of the mountain while the man followed behind them. Half way up the mountain, the boys saw what looked like a blizzard forming coming for them. The boys turned around to look for the man they were helping, and he was gone. The boys were very confused and had no idea where the man went. They called for him, searched for him, and went back down the mountain as far as they could without meeting the blizzard. They never found the man, and decided to keep walking forward in hopes of beating the blizzard to the top of the mountain.

While Mike knew that Rich had an item that could transport them back to their home safe and sound, Mike wanted to see how far they could make it without “cheating”.

Rich, on the other hand, was ready to go home and not risk being caught in the blizzard. So he convinced Mike to follow him home and get home as soon as possible.

Once the boys got back home, they realized the blizzard had followed them back home and was about to cover their neighborhood in complete ice. So the boys worked together to find the perfect weapons, tools, and objects to save the town from complete destruction…

Rich fought hard and used everything he had to save the town, yet nothing was working. The one item he did not use was his transporter…

Shortly after Mike realized nothing was working, he grabbed Rich’s transporter, formed a portal, and made everyone in the town go through it to get to a safe, warm place that would keep the town from losing their population.

When everyone was safe and counted for, they threw a celebration and thank you party for the boys who helped save their people. While everyone was enjoying the festivities, Mike turned around to notice the old man standing there giving his thanks as well. Little did Mike, or Rich, know that the old man had fallen on the way up to the mountain, which is why they could not find him. When Rich had opened his portal, it happened to be right on top of the old man which had caused the man to fall in as well.

In the end, both boys were seen as heroes and were praised for the rest of their lives for saving hundreds of people from the massive blizzard.

Rick and Morty

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Author's Note:

I came up with this story using an old Japanese Fairy Tale story of how a warrior goes on an adventure to help a man kill his enemy. I also used the theme of the story from a T.V show called Rick and Morty. If anyone has seen this show, then you will know how some of this (hopefully) fits in. 

Bibliography:

This story is part of the Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) unit. Story source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908).

Story: How Adam and Eve Met

One breezy, hot day in the middle of the desert, there was a boy named Adam who was left all alone with nothing but his name. He knew nothing of what was about to be ahead of him, or even how to handle it. Adam looked around in such confusion because he had no idea where he was or how he had gotten there; all he knew was his name. As he sat and pondered everything that was happening around him, he finally got the urge to go exploring. Little did he know that he was created on purpose; to find his purpose in life, and recreate mankind. Adam was created as simple as simple could get. He had little to no muscles, he was only about 5 feet and 5 inches tall, and he only knew simple English.

Adam wondered around for a few hours, and eventually fell extremely hungry. Not knowing how to cook or catch anything to eat, he started to brainstorm ideas of what to eat and how to catch it. After many trials and errors of cooking things that seemed to be edible, he finally figured out what was good to eat, and what was bad for him.

Adam struggled for many days. He cooked what food he could and picked what fruit was available, but only found enough to keep him somewhat satisfied. Adam realized how lonely he was becoming and still was not truly happy. He needed a companion, and didn’t even know it. Help was needed for harvesting crops and fruits, killing game for meat, making shelter, and simply someone for company. So he decided to start his journey to a new part of this world…

Adam hiked mountains and swam through lakes and stumbled upon a beautiful rainforest which was rich with vegetables, fruits, and fresh water. He decided this was the place to set up camp for a while.

After finding a comfortable place that was shaded and had plenty of food, he decided to walk around and find stuff that could further his journey. Although what he didn’t know was that he was intruding on someone else’s land… Eve had put a lot of thought into her life so far and did not want what she had made to be ruined, so she made plenty of weapons for cases like this. She noticed someone walking through her forest that she had never seen before. For as far as Eve knew, she was the only human on earth. She began shooting arrows towards Adam in hopes it would scare him off her land. Adam had no idea what was shooting towards him, so with fear running through him, he ran in circles terrified of what was happening to him. Because he was not fighting back, and Eve did not feel threatened, she slowly made her way towards this strange human that was running in circles.

After calming him down and realizing he was of no threat, she spoke to him the best she could to understand what he was and where he had been. After the both of these humans felt safe around each other, they began to start this journey of life together. Both of them knew different things to help get them through, which led to the both of them teaching each other everything. They began making shelters together and learning off one another to make their lives better. Eventually the two realized why they were the only ones on earth and how to change that. They figured out life together and made small adjustments little by little to make earth a habitable place to live. 

Adam and Eve

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Author's Note:

This story was based on the original story of Adam and Eve. I based the beginning of the story on how Adam was created, and went from there. Instead of the two already being together, I wanted to change it on how they would have met in real life and what would have actually happened if they realized they were the only two people on earth.

Bibliography:

Louis Ginzberg's Adam and Eve: The Ideal Man

Story: The Two Great Battles

As the men approached the forbidden cave where the giant, robot cyclops lived, they could hear the deep growling from a mile away… The men strapped their armor on and added as much armor to their hover craft that they could before they ran out of time. As they hovered closer and closer to the cave, they could feel the tension so hard they could cut it with their metal swords.

The cyclops could hear the men approaching; he grabbed every piece of armor he had and every one of his weapons he owned. Although, none would do the trick like his Valyrian Steel sword would. He strapped all of his armor on, and locked everything important to him away in case the men were able to invade his cave. Once he heard the hovercraft board his island, he made his way to the beach where the soldiers had arrived.

The soldiers and the cyclops were finally face to face. While there is only one of the cyclops, and hundreds of soldiers, the cyclops’ power outnumbered the men 50 to 1. You could see the soldiers shaking as they saw the giant robot wielded his incredible sword towards them. Each men knew that the only way to win this battle was to fight with all of their strength and fight like they never had before. While the cyclops was waiting for the men to make the first move, he pulled the lever to his grenade launcher and watched it fly past the men’s hovercraft; almost like he was teasing them. The soldiers knew it was time to make their move before it was too late.

The soldiers fought with all of their might and used all of their weapons against this giant monster. The soldiers had every gun in the world, even those that were not able to be used outside of the government, and fought with every bit of strength they possessed. The cyclops robot put up a hell of a fight, and held them off for as long as he could; he even took half of the army’s soldier’s lives doing so. Yet, he did not prevail.

The men fought long and hard and did their very best to win this battle. Which they did, after many hours of fighting against the giant cyclops. Although it was not an easy battle, they decided to spare the cyclops’s life and tie him to their hovercraft to take him back to headquarters to be tested on. After the cyclops had been secured down, they took every bit of something worth any money, and took every weapon they could find.

On their way back to headquarters, they would have to pass the island of the Sirens; deadly creatures to anyone who would hear their singing if they felt threatened. The only way to get back home was to pass this isle, so they did as quiet and stealthy as they could. Little did the men know that the cyclops was still awake enough to groan in pain…

While they were passing the isle, the cyclops did in fact groan as loudly as he could. Thankfully for the men, they still had their armor on and the craft was still covered in metal armor to be protected as well.

The evil mermaid, sirens tried as hard as they could to attack this hovercraft and sang as loud as possible to try and capture every man on board. While only a few men were aware of the singing, the others were falling off the hovercraft due to the singing of the sirens being so deadly. Each and every men that fell off the craft were immediately taken by the mermaids and were dragged back to their isle to receive their fate.

The few men that did survive the battle of the sirens made their way back to headquarters, only to find that the cyclops had somehow untied himself and let himself loose near the siren’s island. Which is why this island is now known as the most deadly island in the world and must not ever be passed by again.

Soldiers in battle

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Author's Note:

This story was taken from the original story of Homer's Odyssey. The two parts from this story I had taken were from the story of the evil Cyclops and the beautiful Sirens. Each part of these stories were changed slightly to be a little bit more futuristic and up to date of what it would be more like if this happened today. 

Bibliography:

Homer's story, The Odyssey. Link to The Odyssey

The Story of a Girl and her Serpent

One cold morning, a little girl was gallivanting outside in Switzerland with her little brother who was only about four. Switzerland had just been hit by a massive blizzard, so as soon as the weather had gotten better, the brother and sister decided to go play in the left over snow. The two children laughed and played all morning, until their playing came to a hiatus once a large serpent was found lying beneath the snow. The young, terrified boy immediately ran to find their father to come and kill the gigantic creature the boy and his sister had just found. While the young boy was running off, the sister decided to see if she could help the snake and bring him back to health; the sister then wrapped the snake up in an old blanket and took it inside to the warmth in hopes that would help the serpent feel better.

After the sister had explained to her father that she wanted to keep the serpent until he was back to feeling his normal, happy, serpent-y self, the father reluctantly agreed with terms that she would only go near the snake as long as the father was around as well.

A few hours into caring for the sick serpent, it finally starting slithering around the house in the friendliest manner. To the father’s surprise, the serpent was friendlier than the previous house pets! After the sister had convinced the brother and father to keep the serpent, it became her best friend.

The girl and her snake did everything together, from watching T.V, to feeding it little mice she would find scurrying around outside. It just goes to show that you cannot judge a book by its cover and to always give someone, or something, a chance at finding a place in your life.



Author’s Note

This fable was about a man who had found a sick serpent who was lying in the snow, almost dead. The man took the serpent inside to keep the serpent next to the fire to warm him up in hopes of him healing, and that is when things took a turn for the worst. The serpent then tried to attack the man’s son forcing the man to swing an axe on the snake to kill it. The moral of the story was that you cannot expect gratitude from the wicked.

Bibliography

I chose to re tell the story of The Woodman and the Serpent; a tale from The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs. web link 

A Girl and her Serpent

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