Friday, 29 March 2013

A story

                Heya guys! So, today I'm gonna post a short story. It's titled, 'The Zoo'.



THE ZOO



                One day, at a zoo, there was a new attraction. The zookeepers had gotten a new cub which was orphaned in the wild. Its cage was put beside an old lion's cage. The old lion just sat around sleeping the entire day.

                “Lions ought not to behave like that!” the young lion said to himself, so he roared at all the visitors and tried to break the bars of the den.

                At three o’clock a man brought a big piece of meat and put it in the old lion’s den. Then, he put a bag of nuts and two bananas in the young lion’s den.

                The young lion was very surprised. “I don’t understand this.” He said to the old lion. “I behave like a real lion, while you lie there and do nothing and look what happens!”

                Right at that moment, a pair of near sighted women passed by. As usual, the cub roared squeakily and trashed around in the cage. Then, one of the women said,

                "Look at how terrible the guards are! Putting a poor little monkey in a cage beside a ferocious big lion! It looks terrified!"




That's all for now guys. By the way, it's gonna be Easter in a few days right? So I'm gonna say Happy Easter to all you guys who celebrate out there in advance, and Happy Holidays~

Saturday, 2 March 2013


Heya guys! So here's another English task I have to do. I have to make a layout of a story... Orientation, complication, resolution, yep. I actually wanted to search for a Japanese story, but my internet was down so I couldn't be too picky...

...Either way. The story I'll use is titled 'The Wolf and the Crane', a fable by Aesop.









THE WOLF AND THE CRANE



•             Orientation :
- Who : A wolf, a crane.
- Where : A forest.
- When : Presumably afternoon.

•             Complication :
What happened one day?
-One day, a wolf was eating his meal, and a bone got stuck in his throat.

•             Resolution :
What happened then?
-A crane passed by. The wolf said he would give anything to have the painful bone removed.

•             Complication :
And then?
-The crane was doubtful that he would make it alive.

•             Resolution :
What happened next?
– The wolf promised to not hurt the crane.

•             Complication :
-The crane warily took the bone, but he had to put his head in the wolf's mouth to do that.

•             Resolution :
What happened then ?
-The wolf was happy, but denied the crane his reward.

•             Complication :
Then ?
– The crane demanded the wolf give the promised reward.

•             Re-orientation :
What the end of the story ?
-The wolf told the crane that the reward was the wolf's kindness- he did not chop the crane's head off!



I used to like this story so much as a kid. I had a picture book of it, and I would read it all the time. By the way, why are cranes used very often in fables? O.o

Oh and actually, I wanted to choose another Russian folklore, but it was much longer... And rather gory. Either way, if you are interested in reading the story in more detail, it has been written wonderfully in this site, wonderfully, I tell you, WONDERFULLY:





~*DISCLAIMER*~
'The Wolf and the Crane' belongs to Aesop, and the image above was taken from [LINK] and in no way I am claiming them as my own nor using them for commercial purpose.