[Write the Story] A Fairy Tale in a Faraway Land
Note: My day job is eating up all my time and energy. Essential workers for the win? This is the first bit of ragged creativity I’ve had in a month. I’m not sure I got the prompt right, but this is what came out. Please be kind to each other in the coming weeks and months. Be smart. Be safe. And we’ll get past this dragon.
Prompt: A Fairy Tale in a Strange Land
Words: dragon, strike, collection guess, joke, smirk, twist, upstage, wreck, beaver
Story
Once upon a time there was a regal beaver whose dam upstaged every other dam in the land. It used every wreck and log to strike across the widest expanse of the river. But this beaver was so wrapped up in his dam that he failed to realize he was a joke among the other animals.
The beaver spent all his days working on his dam and missed the news from the rest of the forest. A dragon had come to live in the caves above the forest. The animals could only guess what the dragon would do, or when, for surely the dragon would strike at the forest. That’s what dragons do. There was only one think to do. Hide in the beaver’s dame until the dragon left.
“You want to share my home?†the beaver smirked. “You’ve made fun of my home since I began, now you want my help? Refuge in my humble collection of sticks and mud?â€
The other animals hung their heads. For the beaver had heard them after all. Now surely they would be at the mercy of the dragon.
“Of course you may come in, You’ve always been welcome. Now be safe. And when the dragon comes, he or she will also be welcome. Then we shall see that love and kinds is the best part of any community. That and a nice salmon, and maybe a cup of tea.â€
Word Count: 237
Written: 3/25/2020
1 Comment
I rather like this retelling of The Ant and the Grasshopper.