Brooklynn's Indian Epics Blog

Revised version @ My Portfolio Benjamin Franklin Quote: Flickr Story: "Josh there is someone at the door for you." my mom yelled. Ben was standing at the door waiting as I approached. "All the neighbors are going to the skate park, aren't you coming?" I thought back to when I had asked my mom earlier, "Once you finish your homework you can go, we don't want a repeat of what happened last time do we?" I looked at Ben with a disappointed look, "Not until I finish all of my homework", Ben looked defeated, then suddenly he smiled. "I have a plan, only do your math homework, then when your mother asks if you completed all your homework you can tell her yes because you have finished all your "math" homework. Ben's idea would surely work. So I agreed and told him that I would meet him at the skate park soon. I ran to my room and completed the math homework almost effortlessly, it had always been my favorite subject. Then I we...

Story 154: Drona Hears Word of Ashwatthama's Death: There is a plan that was made by the Pandavas in order to cause Drona to lose the will to fight, in order to kill him. The plan was for Bhima to tell Drona that his son had died. Before telling Drona that his son had died, the Pandava's had named an elephant Ashwatthama, after Drona's Son and then killed it in order to make the statement that Bhima was saying, true. Drona, acknowledging Bhima's normal honesty, accepted this lie as the truth and then was killed while distracted.  A plan I have for this story is by changing Bhima to a child telling their parent that they have completed their homework, when in fact they have only completed a portion of the homework. This story will focus on how telling part of the truth is not always truthful.  Lying Woman: Pixy.org Bibliography: Laura Gibbs, Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata

  Story 130: The Story of Vishnu and Bhudevi The goddess of earth becomes a cow to serve the people on Earth by giving them her milk. However the kings on earth became greedy, and milked her to the point of physical pain. This physical pain made Bhudevi, the Earth goddess, to cry out in pain. The god Vishnu heard the cries of pain, and became aware of the greedy kings. Vishnu then vowed to return to Earth, as different people, to kill the kings that lived on Earth. Thus giving Bhudevi the opportunity to drink the blood of the kings as revenge.  An idea I have for this story is a simple retelling with addition emotions and details that add depth to the characters' feelings. I could do this by adding more background to the life of Bhudevi as a cow and her feelings towards the kings in this story. I could also add more detail to the return of Vishnu as different people.  Cow: Pixabay Bibliography: Laura Gibbs, Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata