Week 9 Story: The Poor Family

There once lived a poor family in a Kingdom called Oklahoma. There was the father Dan, the daughter Emmy, and son Keegan. Though they were poor, they were happy because they had each other. They knew as long as they had the family, everything would be okay. Also, in the kingdom, lived a sage. Everyone in the kingdom was afraid of the sage because he had a very unapproachable countenance. Therefore, the majority of the kingdom avoided the sage at all cost. From the years of isolation, the sage grew angry. If he ever had the chance to encounter an individual, he would put a curse on them. This furthered the isolation of the sage.

One day, the poor family was out trying to find work. They had eaten all the food they had for the week. Therefore, it was a necessity to find work for food. Unfortunately, they were not too lucky. They searched all day for work but was turned away from everybody. Depressed, they made their way home. As they were walking toward their hut, the sage spotted them out. He made his way to them to put a curse on them. However, as he approached the family, he was shocked and confused to see that the family greeted him with a warm welcome. They were not afraid of the sage. They sat and talked with him. They described their predicament to him. The sage felt empathy for the family. He saw that the family was genuinely good. After all, they were the only ones who were nice to him out of the whole kingdom.

After a long night of talking and laughing, the family and sage had to part their ways. But before they departed, the sage gave the family a mantra and told them they could summon any god of their choice. The family was confused by the gift of the sage. Once the sage was gone, the family decided to test the gift. They looked out at their crummy field and shouted the mantra. Immediately, before them, stood the god of crops. The family was stunned that the mantra worked. They were so shocked, they could not even answer the god when asked why he was summoned. Before they knew it, the god took them up in a warm embrace and disappeared. The family then saw that their field was full of crops. There was enough vegetation to quench their hunger for years. They were happy!

Crops: Pixabay 

Authors Note:

For this weeks story, I did a retelling of the video that I watched. I watched the overview video Part B The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution by EpifiedTV (India). The story that I focused on, in particular, was called Son of the Son. In this story, a girl named Kunti is given a mantra by a sage. She says the mantra while looking a the sun, and the sun god appears. She is given the most beautiful baby boy she has ever seen. However, she has to give it up because having a baby while not being married will look bad. Therefore, she sets the boy in a basket and sets him off down a river. In my story, I changed the characters, and I ended with a happy note.