Week 5 Storytelling: The Game of Dice

“Guys, guys, guys! I have a great idea” Aaron proclaimed to his four brothers in excitement. 

“You never have good ideas” Nate said to Aaron, “What could this one be?”.

“No I swear, this idea is going to be great”, Aaron continued with a grimace toward Nate. “Lets place a bet with Karl. He already has us on the outside right now, and if we win the bets we could get back on the inside and win it all back from him. We could take everything back from him” Aaron proclaimed to his brothers. He was really excited about getting back on the inside of the kingdom and getting rid of Karl. 

“Okay, I think this might actually be your best idea ever Aaron” Bradley said, “We might actually be able to pull this one off”. 

“Whats the plan then? Are we going to just waltz on in and demand to play some dice with the one guy who just tried to kill us all” questioned Sam. Sam wasn't too into this idea of just walking into Karl’s evil layer, otherwise known as his palace. They eventually all agreed to the idea and started their journey to the temple. It was a few days journey back to the temple, and the five brothers were merrily walking their way back. Once they made it to the kingdom walls they heard the horns blowing and the gate began to open. The general of the army stepped out to greet them. 

“What do ya want” the general questioned in a high pitched voice. 

“We are here to play some dice with Karl” Aaron yelled triumphantly to the general. 

“Okay, come in” the general said without fighting back to the brothers and he walked them to the temple. the brothers were thinking that this was too easy to get in to Karl but they didn't mind cause they were about to win their kingdom back. Karl stepped forward to the brothers and looked them over and laughed. 

“So you want to play some dice” Karl questioned the brothers standing in front of them. 

“Yes, that is why we are here Karl” Aaron said, “Lets get to it, dice equal seven you win, if they equal nine, we win”.

“What is your bet” asked Karl.

“200 gold pieces” said Aaron. 

Karl rolled the dice, they landed on seven, so the brothers handed over 200 gold pieces. “Don’t worry guys, I am just playing him” Aaron whispered to his brothers. “We bet the rest of our gold pieces” he exclaimed loudly. 

Karl rolled and again it landed on seven. They handed over the rest of their gold. “What do you bet next” asked Karl.

“All of our weapons” said Aaron. Karl rolled the dice again and won again. Frustratingly they handed over all their weapons, with a grimace toward Aaron. One by one the brothers began to leave thinking they were defeated and couldn't loose anymore. Once all but Aaron was gone, Aaron put forth a new wager, “I bet the lives of myself and all my brothers to be committed to you as your salves”. Thinking that he hustled him enough, he took the dice to roll this time, and too his surprise, he lost. Karl laughed loudly and exclaimed to the kingdom that he had five new slaves. “Go tell your brothers now” he shooed Aaron out the door. 

Aaron found his brothers and said in a whimpering voice, “Hey guys, so I have some news… I, uh, I placed another bet and lost…”. 

“What else did we have” questioned Bradley.

“Well, we are now Karl’s slaves” Aaron answered as he stepped backwards away from his brothers. 

“YOU DID WHAT” Bradley screamed.

The Game of Dice

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Authors Note:

So for this story I decided to change the names of all the characters because I was having a hard time keeping track of all of them to begin with. And I also wanted to see make a story a little funnier, so I hope that it was for you. The story is kinda humorous to me, so I wanted to make my story humorous as well. 

The Mahabharata

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Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.

Reading Notes: The Mahabharta part B

This part of the story got more interesting to me, as I have read part of this section previously. This section caught my attention and got me hooked to listen to it more. It started with the Panduvas making it to the palace where they were to stay for their banishment. Not much of a banishment if they are staying in a palace, but thats alright. One of the brothers sees that the building is covered in oil and lets everybody know that about the plan to kill them all that he found out. So, they begin to dig a tunnel, the tunnel was supposed to go from the palace to the forrest. A few days later after the tunnel had been finished, the captain set fire to the palace, but the Panduvas went into their tunnel and escaped. The captain found the bodies of some beggars in the building and thought his mission was finished. He went crazy then and began to set a fire on the guard house. That fire got so big that it killed all the guards and he got caught in it to and it killed him too. Draupadi goes to a city where the whole place is under siege by Bukah, a man eating monster. He eats flesh for a tax to guard the story. Each family has to take turns on sacrificing a person to Bukah. Draupadi was at someone’s house whose turn it was, and she wished that her son was there to help them. When she thought that he came and killed Bukah. Panduvas began to gamble with Kama and lost everything that they owned to him. Including themselves, then they were banished to the forest for 12 years. Because they were good people the followed the rules of what they said they would do and went into banishment. 

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Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.

Kunti and Pandavas Escape

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Reading Notes: The Mahabharata part A

The Mahabharata is a very interesting read. I have only read a small section of this before, so it all felt very new when I read this. I thought that it was good but very different, I thought that the Ramayana was a better read in my own opinion. I liked how the Ramayana rhymed, but the Mahabharata did not. Honestly it kept my attention less as I read it. I was kinda confused as I read it too, because of how many different names that came into play. Trying to remember each of them and read and take notes made it hard, but it is a good story still. I thought it very interesting that the origins of the heroes of the story came from fish humans. One fish human going to the king the other going to fisherman that caught them. Later we find out that Arjuna was one of the best warriors of the land and was trained by a great warrior himself. He was the best with a bow and arrow and horseback riding and with axe and mace. He could pretty much kill you with anything he got his hands on. Arjuna partook in a challenge to see who would be the best warrior in all the land, and he had beat everybody except one person, Kama. Kama challenged Arjuna and beat him. The king at the time sent away five brothers into exile, those were the Panduvas. The Panduvas went away because they were good people and wanted to obey the king. Kama told a wicked captain of the army to kill the Panduvas by burning them alive in a palace of wood. The wicked captain promised that he would kill them, so he leads them away to the palace that they were to stay in. 

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Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.

Kama Made King

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