Week 11: story

The Boy and His Putter


We open up this story with a boy that was know to be a great putter. He was known worldwide to be one of the best but he used a very old and ugly looking putter that no one else would ever use. Everyone around was very envious of him because he was able to make putts and be clutch in pressure moments because of his love for this putter. One day the boy left his golf bag by the clubhouse and went inside to eat lunch. When he came back out to his bag he noticed something was missing and it was his putter. He immediately freaked out and started looking for it. He looked or days and searched for who would of stole his putter but he could not find it. He asked his coach what he should do and he suggested to try out some of the new putters that were just being released. While he liked the new putters they were still not HIS putter. He had a tournament coming up and was nervous about using his new putter. He was nervous for a reason as he putted terrible for the entire tournament. It was the worst he had ever putted and almost got dead last out of everyone. This was extremely crushing for the boy and he fell into a deep depression. Their was nothing that would make him happy or get him out of this funk he was in. The only thing that would help him is if he had his putter back. This continued for a couple weeks until he caught wind that his rival was the one that had stolen his putter. He devised a plan to get his putter back because that was the only way he could be great again. He talked to his rival to see if he could check out the trunk of his car. His rival seemed very sketchy so when he wasn't looking the boy stole his car keys and checked out the back of his trunk. As he was looking around he checked under a blanket in the back corner and underneath was his putter. He was so excited and couldn't believe he found his putter again. He immediately put the putter back in his bag and never let it out of his sight. He was back to being a great putter again and he couldn't be happier.

The boys putter

Author's Note: Their was an elephant that did everything with his friend the dog. The dog was taken away from the elephant by a farmer and would not eat or bathe or do anything without the dog by his side. The elephant keeper was worried so he sent out for the dog and when he came back the elephant went back to his normal ways. This story is slightly adapted as the boy and his putter is the elephant and his dog. When he loses his putter is the same as the elephant losing his dog.







Jataka Stories

Week 11 Reading: Part B

The monkey saved his troop: Their was a mango tree next to a river bank that the king of the land loved very much. He set up camp to gather as many as he could. The local monkeys also loved the tree and while the men were asleep they went up to gather as many as they could. their noised woke the men and the king ordered them to be shot when they came down from the tree so the chief of the monkeys made a bridge with his back so the monkeys could cross the river without getting shot. This made the king admire the chief and made a promise to always take care of them.
The Hawks and their friends: Their were some hunters that wanted to kill two young hawks but with the help of friends they were able to drive the hunters off and save their young ones.
The brave little bowman: Their was a small bowman that was a great shot but he needed someone big to get into the army. He got a big man and got into the army. He performed many task but the big man took all the credit. One day came that another land was attacking their land and the king sent the big man into battle. He was too scared to fight so the little bowman took his place and won the battle bringing great praise to the little bowman.
The Foolhardy Wolf: Their was a wolf that would look out for food for a lion to kill so they could eat. The wolf wanted to be the one to kill for food and had his eyes set on a elephant. The lion warned the wolf but he had his mind set. He found a elephant and lunged for it but missed and ended up getting killed by it.
The Stolen Plow: Their were two traders that were friends. One borrowed his plow but when asked for it back he said that mice had eaten it. The next day the trader had the other take care of his son but when he asked for him back he said that a bird had carried him off. This angered him and they went to court. The judge ruled that both give each other property back because of the ridiculousness of the story.
The lion in bad company: A lion befriended a wolf but the wolf led him to bad decisions. The lions father told him to not go along with the wolf but he did not listen because of the things they did together. This led to the lion dying because of the wolfs bad decisions.
The wise goat and the wolves: two wolves were trying to play a trick on the wise goat but he did not budge until he got his friends who were two large dogs to come with him. This scared off the wicked wolves.
Beauty and brownie: Both of these deers had a heard and were instructed to take their heard to the pasture by night time so the village wouldn't see them but only beauty listened and brownie got many deer killed from going by day.
The elephant and the dog: Their was an elephant that did everything with his friend the dog. The dog was taken away from the elephant by a farmer and would not eat or bathe or do anything without the dog by his side. The elephant keeper was worried so he sent out for the dog and when he came back the elephant went back to his normal ways.

The elephant and the dog



Jataka Stories

Week 11: Reading Part A

The wise and foolish merchant: The foolish merchant was persuaded to poor out his water by a demon that said their was more water up ahead. He later found out that being in the desert meant there was no water and ended up getting taken over by the demon because he was weak with no water or food. The wise merchant did not trust the demon and kept his water for good reason.
The elephant Girly-Face: A very nice elephant was sleeping one night when it was woken up by some robbers talking about how they need to show no mercy and kill anyone that touches them. The elephant thought that it needed to do the same and killed men that got near it. Once the keepers figured out the problem then the king sent some men to talk about how it is better to be nice and not hurt anyone. The elephant heard this and was nice again.
The BanYan Deer: The king wanted to have a steady income of deer so he drove in two tribes and put them all in a pin. The deer were tired of dying so they started volunteering one at a time to die. When the volunteer fell on a mother of a young child she asked if she could wait till her child was grown. One of the kings didn't allow it but the other king said he would volunteer in her place. When the cook saw that it was the king he allowed them to be free for his act of valor.
The kings White Elephants: Their were carpenters that would cut down trees to use for lumber and one day they came across a elephant that had a splinter. The carpenters helped the elephant and he then helped them with their work after that. He later brought his son to also help with the carpenters and they learned to love the young elephant. One day the king saw the work and payed for the young elephant to have for his own and took great care of him.
The ox who envied the pig: The ox was jealous of the pig that got the good food to eat but they were just fattening him up for the wedding. The ox later realized that he was fed normal food and was able to live longer than the pig.
Grannies Blackie: The elephant worked hard for a day and earned money for the grannie.
The crab and the crane: the crane told some fish in a small pond that their was a bigger pond he could take them instead of dying in a small tiny pond. He tricked the fish and ended up killing them all for food. Later on a crab did the same thing but instead of lying on the back of the crane it rode with its claws around his neck. When he realized that the crane would kill him too he snapped the cranes neck and got away free in the new bigger pond.

The Deer that lived



Jataka Stories

Story Week 10

It was one of the biggest days for college golf and the coach had big money on his players for this very important round. He was betting with some of the locals that his boys would play the best that day. He had a lot of confidence in his team and knew they would perform when the pressure was on so he decided to bet a large amount of money that his boys would shoot the lowest. They were going against the best team in the country and while it was going to be hard he still knew how good they were playing and wanted to win big on this bet. The round started and his boys got off to a rough start falling behind early. The coach began to get really angry and yell at his players for playing bad. All of his players had never seen their coach like that and shut down completely. They finished the round and lost to the better team. Their coach yelled and screamed at them to play better because he had just lost a large amount of money due to their poor play. Once they got back home all the players questioned their coach on why he acted so poorly. He had never once yelled at them when they were home and that was part of the reason they always played good. The coach realized what he had did and apologized to his players for his poor behavior. He promised to never act like that again and said he would be encouraging again in their next round. The next week his team was back facing the best team in the country again. This time he bet twice the amount before because he knew what he had to do to make his boys come out on top. The locals gladly took the bet as they had seen how poorly his team had played before. They started the round and his boys once again fell behind early but behind the encouragement of their coach they battled back to beat the best team in the country by 1 shot on the last hole.

The yelling coach

Authors note: The ox was very strong and could pull many pounds but whenever his owner bet he could win a bet he talked badly to him. The ox didn't like that and could not pull the load but the next day the owner talked nicely to the ox and was able to win double the amount of money for another bet.

The Ox who won the Forfeit
 

Week 10 Readings

Monkey and the Crocodile: The monkey gets conned by the crocodile by getting a ride from the crocodile. The crocodile starts to kill the monkey by drowning him but because the monkey was quick witted he said that he had left his heart up in the tree and would need to go back to get it. He was able to trick the crocodile into letting him get back on land and safe his life.
How the Turtle saved his own life: He was able to save his life by tricking the people that going into the water would be worse than leaving them to die by the hands of the people. He would much rather be in the water and was able to escape his certain death.
The Merchant of Siri: The first merchant didn't want to buy the bowl for what its actual value was but the second merchant was honest and paid all he could for it and that ended up being great for him in the long run.
The turtle who couldn't stop talking: All the turtle had to do was not talk and hold on to the stick with its mouth but instead it talked and fell to its death.
The Ox who won the forfeit: The ox was very strong and could pull many pounds but whenever his owner bet he could win a bet he talked badly to him. The ox didn't like that and could not pull the load but the next day the owner talked nicely to the ox and was able to win double the amount of money for another bet.
The Quarrel of the Quails: The quails worked together at first but the catcher was able to get them whenever they weren't working together to catch them in his net and sell them for a good price.
The measure of Rice: The vaulor was able to set the prices of all the objects and to impress the kind he made a measure of rice worth 500 horses but it backfired when the king said 500 horses would be worth his whole city thus making the measure of rice worth a whole city.
The Foolish, Timid Rabbit: The rabbit heard a coconut fall out of a tree and gets scared and starts running. He tells people the world is breaking and other animals join in. IT is not until the lion says that it was just a coconut that the animals all stop running for no reason.

The lion stops the animals running

Jakata Tales

Week 9 story

Exiled from a loss

We flash back to the beginning of the year to the final tournament of the year. Oklahoma State was playing Oklahoma in the big 12 championship and they decided to put a little wager on the results of the game. A couple of the players made a bet that whoever lost the game would have to sit out the next year until they were released from their bet they made with each other. This was a very risky bet as it meant that one of the teams would not be able to play a competition for a full 12 months. While they knew what the consequences would be they still decided to go on with the bet.

While the game was going on both teams became really nervous when it got down to the end. It was the fourth quarter and Oklahoma was known to find a way to pull it out in the waining minutes. Oklahoma State was also known to be very bad at holding on to a lead when they knew they needed to win and this was going to be no different story. The quarter back for Oklahoma state had the ball with three minutes left in the game and decided that it would finally be his time to win it all for his team. However, the Oklahoma defense had something very different in mind.

On the final drive the Oklahoma state quarterback was starting to make a nice move down the field with his team and the Oklahoma crowd started to get a little nervous. The Oklahoma State offense was on the Oklahoma 25 yard line but this is where the play of the game happens. The Oklahoma State quarterback tries to throw a quick slant route to their talented receiver but the middle linebacker jumps the route and intercepts the pass. The middle linebacker takes the ball back all the way to the end zone to put Oklahoma back on top to win the game.

After the game you could tell the Oklahoma state team knew what was going to happen as they would be prohibited from playing for a full year but they should of never bet against a team they knew they would lose to.

Middle linebacker winning the game

Authors note: I wrote about how the pandavas were sent into exile after Yudhisthira made a bet against Shakuni that sent all of them into exile after he lost his gambling bet. they were in exile for 12 months just like Oklahoma State would be. 

Week 9 reading: Part B

The Five Tall Sons of Pandu

The story is the same as it describes the life of Pandu and his five sons that he is father too. Once Pandu dies his blind brother Dhritarashtra takes over but is know to hate his cousins sons. Karna challenges Arjuna, one of pandu's sons to an archery duel as both are great at the act. Drupadi is the king of Panchala and he has a daughter thats name is Princess Draupadi. Arjuna disguised as a hermit is able to win the contest after draupadi says that she will not marry a low born husband and thus allowing Arjuna to win Draupadi. In this story however instead of having to share his wife with the five other Pandavas he must give his wife to Yudhishthira as this is a big change in the story. Through all this Yudhisthira becomes king and takes over the land of the Yumanu river. Dorydhana gets jealous of Yudhisthira new found kingdom and decides to trick him into a bet. He loses a gambling match against the famous gambler Shakuni, he loses his family and his freedom through this bet and they are sent into exile. They are sent into exile without Draupadi but after she is mistreated back at home she uses his one wish to go into exile with the Pandavas. They had to spend 12 years in exile and then 1 year in a disguise. They spend their year of disguise in the court of king Virata. Duryodhana is up to plans again and steals King Virata cattle. Arjuna and his brothers get together to win back their cattle with their special weapons thus revealing who they really are to the king. They win back their cattle for the King and realize it is now time to win back their kingdom.

Princess Draupadi

The five tall sons of Pandu, Wilson, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2014/05/guides-guide-wilson-mahabharata.html