This story can be found at my Portfolio. Here is a link to the story: Jungle Love.
Princess Sita was unmistakably beautiful, kind and strong willed. She was always so curious about the world and what all was in it. She dreamed of embarking out on her own to explore all the wonders of the world. This worried her father, King Dasharatha, for he knew of the dangers and evil that lurks in the darkness of the world. King Dasharatha thought that if Sita would become married she would calm down and put all of her childish wants to bed and stay within the kingdom. Princess Sita on the other hand had no interest in settling down to start a family; she was just getting started exploring the far ends of the kingdom.
One day Princess Sita went to her favorite watering hole in the jungle where she swam and played with the baby elephant and various other little critters of the jungle. When suddenly she saw a boy at the other end of the pool. He was just staring at her as if he was in shock and had never seen another person before.
Sita playful said, “Its not polite to just stare without introducing yourself first.”
The boy quickly became aware of his surroundings and said, “My name is Rama and I live here in the jungle, which is no place for a princess.”
Princess Sita became angry and shouted, “Well since I am the princess of the kingdom you know that I own this jungle and I can go anywhere I please!”
Rama smiled and said, “I did not mean to offend you, princess Sita, I was just surprised to see someone royal outside of the palace walls let alone swimming in a waterhole in the jungle. How about we start this again. Hi my name is Rama, whats yours?”
“My name is Sita,” the princess said while trying not to smile.
Rama responded “Well its great to meet you Sita. Do you wanna see something really cool?”
Sita nodded her head and watched as Rama climbed up a tree that was right on the edge of the water. He stood up on one of the branches and reached for a vine. Once he tugged at the vine a little he gave Sita a big smile and then jumped off the branch with both hands hanging on to the vine. Then at the right moment when he was out over the water he let go and splashed into the water. Sita was ecstatic by this new innovation and before Rama could come up to the surface Sita was eagerly climbing up to the branch that Rama had only a few moments earlier jumped off of. For the rest of the day Rama and Sita played by the watering hole just laughing and enjoying each other’s company.
The next few weeks Rama and Sita were inseperatable and know doubt falling in love with each other. Sita was so happy that she found someone who shared her adventurous nature and also loved her for it. Which Rama did love every aspect of her with his whole heart. At the end of the summer Rama and Sita got married which her father was pleased with, however It did not do the job of calming his adventuress daughter down which he hoped for. But, King Dasharatha was at ease for he knew Rama would protect his daughter at all costs. After their wedding, Rama and Sita left the kingdom to explore the world. Sita’s dream was finally coming true she was about to set off on an adventure to explore the world but her reality was much better then her dream she thought, for now she had someone to share all of her experiences with.
The End.
Authors Note:
The story Sita from The Divine Archer by F. J. Gould is a love story. The two main characters are Rama, and Princess Sita. Rama and Sita know they are meant to be together when they make eye contact in the Kings garden. From that point on Rama and Sita are madly in love. In my own story I kept the same main plot of Rama and Sita falling in love with just a few changes. First, I wanted Rama and Sita’s falling in love to seem more real than it did in the original story. Because of this I had their first interaction be somewhat of a negative one and then turned it around with them getting to know each other and then falling in love as time went bye. I also had most of my story take place in a jungle by a watering hole because I felt like it made for a more interesting back drop for my story.
Sydney, I found your version of the Rama and Sita love tale to be very true to the original, without sounding like a copy. I definitely enjoyed the touch of "realism" of having it not be an instantly positive interaction, but instead having the conflict that gets resolved through their natural chemistry and attraction. Your use and description of the environment around them was also particularly well done.
ReplyDeleteWow: I cant believe after being told that she could not leave the kingdom, she did it anyways and found the love of her life. I thought her dad would be mad and upset she disobeyed him but he was happy. I can not believe going out to the water hole turned out to be a good outcome and she returned home safe and feel in love.
ReplyDeleteI Wonder: She never came back home and just went off with that boy and lived a happy life ever after, I wonder if her dad would go searching for her.
What if: He got her pregnant during that time she was at the watering hole before marriage I wonder how her dad would have acted. Would her dad be there for support or would be try to kill the boy for ruining his daughters life and not even committing to her at first.
Hi Sydney! First I so appreciate how your started off the story with "Once upon a time". I love how you re-created this super similarly to the original and the imagery was unique to how you pictured it in the way you saw the story fold out. I also enjoyed the detailed dialogue you used to portray the relationship between the two. I look forward to reading more of your work! Hope this semester is going well for you so far :)
ReplyDeleteHey Sydney!
ReplyDeleteYou are such a great writer! Seriously, you did such a great job of creating a world I felt like I could see. The image you chose perfectly fit the setting you created with your words. I love this playful version of Sita and Rama meeting. It makes their love story more realistic and organic compared to the stiff meeting in the original.