The first day of practice for the golf team came and there were some new clubs up for grabs. These clubs were the nicest ever made and everyone on the team wanted them. The coach knew that everyone wanted these clubs because they were minted in gold and had a special look about them but he knew that whoever got them would be their demise rather than a treasure. Coach knew that if you got these golf clubs you would begin to think you were too good for practice and would end up ruining your game along the way. The winner of the qualifying would end up receiving the clubs and all the guys on the team were willing to do anything to win the set of golden golf clubs. A few of the guys practiced really hard day and night to make sure they were ready when the qualifying came around. Some of the guys thought of ways they could cheat the game and make their score better without them having to practice as much. The days of qualifying came around and everyone was ready to compete for the golden golf clubs over the four days of competition. After the first three days everyone was right around even with each other and it was going to come down to the last day to see who the eventual winner is. The final round was completed and a young sophomore played the round of his life to end up winning the set of clubs over the two seniors who were really close. He was so excited about the clubs and so proud of his great accomplishment but the coach knew what was going to happen. The clubs were so nice that the young sophomore didn't want to hit them and stopped practicing all together. This eventually caught up to him and he started to play very bad. He was not playing like the man that came to the first qualifier at the beginning of the year. He wondered why his game had left him and not once did he ever think it was the clubs fault but the coach pulled him into his office one day.
"Why do you think you have been playing so bad lately" said the coach.
"well I think it is because I haven't been playing as much" remarked the sophomore
"After you got your new clubs your game has basically left you and you still don't know why??" said his coach
"well I just don't want to hurt my new clubs so I have tried to not hit them as much" said the sophomore
It was then that he realized what the clubs has done to him and he decided to switch back to his old clubs and get to practicing again.
(the Golden Golf Clubs)
This story for me is very similar to the Golden deer that Sita wanted so badly. Rama went to kill the golden deer for his wife Sita but it was all set up as a trap by Ravana and Rama never knew it. Sometimes things aren't as they seem and even though they might look like the best thing it doesn't mean they are the best thing for you.
Kamban / R. K. Narayan, Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic Guide B
Hi Blaine!
ReplyDeleteI like how creative you got with the original story. This was defiantly a completely different spin to the story. At first I was lost as I didn't know where you were headed or what story it was related too. Then as I read the Author's note it made sense. I like how you incorporated your passion in the story. You are right about how we should not just go for things that looks best to us, rather you should be cautious about it until you are for sure it is what you have wanted all along. Good job for such creativity.