So the next night the king and queen lie awake on their balcony gazing at the stars above. The king wished for the power to be able to grant his queen with whatever she wanted, especially a star. As he prayed to the great Gods he wished for some way that she could be hold a star of her own. Each night the king continually lie awake on the balcony gazing at the stars above in awe. And each night the king of Laos prayed to the gods for a way to grant this queen her wish. The queen began to grow sad at the fact should would probably never get to hold a star or have one of her own. On the night of the new moon, as the king lie awake on the balcony in his kingdom he saw a shooting star.
Upon sight of this he thought it may be a sign from the gods, so he closed his eyes and made a wish. The next morning came around and the king and queen went on their walk down by the beach where the trading Port was. The servants of the kingdom were steady at work hauling in the new spices from nearby countries and offloading their goods to be traded. As the king went to talk to his chief sailor, the sailor told the king of an interesting new species he had spotted along the shore upon his arrival to the main land. The king and queen were somewhat uninterested at first, however decided to take a walk further down shore to the other side of the beach.
Along their walk they saw a species of sea creature that they had never seen before. The king and queen were astonished at the sight of this creature and had never seen such a thing. As the king reached down in the sand to pick up the sea creature he realized that it resembled the shape of a star. It had five points and was almost perfectly symmetrical. He then gave it to his queen and said this is a gift of the Gods and he has now blessed us with the opportunity to see the sky and the stars above and see the stars from the ocean below. We shall name this the starfish and we shall have our great Queen be blessed to be surrounded by so many stars on Earth and in the sky above. The queen was in disbelief and was enlightened that her wish came true.
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| Wikipedia: Royal Starfish |
Author’s Note: This story was inspired by Laos Folklore and tales. Mainly the goal of this story was to emulate the creation of something we know today in the world with a story that is somewhat unconventional. A story that comes to mind from Laos folklore is why a grain of rice is so small. Thanks for reading.
Bibliography: Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson, with photographs by W.A. Briggs (1899)
I really enjoyed this story and just the simplicity that is behind it. I love the devotion that the King showed his Queen and how he was faithful in prayer and never became disappointed. This is a great way of how the story of the starfish came to be, I wish it was the real reason cause that would be so much cooler than how it probably was. Overall a great story with a simple description that puts the reader into the story.
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler! I really enjoyed your story this week. I especially liked that you didn’t necessarily use a specific story as your inspiration, but rather the aspects of folktales instead. I am also impressed that you made up a new folktale yourself. It was laid out really well and was very interesting to read. I think your image was also a good choice and was a great note to end on. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteGreat story! It flowed really well and your descriptions were great. I like that it took place somewhere that is unfamiliar to me. An awesome thing about this class is that we get to read stories that take place in unique places we do not know much about, such as Laos. I would suggest being careful of your capitalization of names. For example, gods is lowercase, but King of Laos would be uppercase. Great story, I really enjoyed it and I look forward to reading more of your stories!
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