One story I was drawn to is "the Man in the Moon," because it is something I've always thought about. The idea of there being someone watching us from afar.
I think it is interesting that the plot of the man in the moon revolves around someone who was not content enough to be who he was. He continued to change his mind and be indecisive with what he wanted from life. The "wise man," gave this blacksmith many options to be what he wanted, and still it was not enough for him. Once he then chose to be stone, a stone cutter, the sun and then a moon the wise man became weary of his changing. He then told him to remain the moon since he wanted to be the moon so badly.
This gives a "moral of the story," to people who are indecisive and continue to flip flop which I may be guilty of.
The second story in this section is the story of when Buddha was reborn as a rabbit. The hare that was buddha had many friends, and students as well, teaching them of the moral law and how to uphold it. The Hare told all of the animals that they should offer any travelers the food they had on this holiday. The king of the gods disguised himself as a Brahmin and tested all of the animals, the otter offered his food, the Jackal offered his. The monkey offered his mangos, and when the Brahmin went to the hare, he was willing to sacrifice his flesh for food. Hearing this Sakka then revealed himself as testing his virtue and allowed for him to keep his life.
Another that I am looking at is the beauty and the basilisk story which was an interesting read as well. I can see how the story can be comparable to beauty and the beast in the storyline.
The character's mother went off to look for three roses for her three daughters, she picked them in a rose garden that she wandered upon, but the roses came at a price. The idea that Mary was not phased by going to the castle, and everything she could've wanted was there. On the third day of Mary being there the Basilisk asked her to cut his head off even though she refused, saying that wasn't something she would normally do. After cutting his head off twice the man emerged and proposed to her. Obviously it is a bit different than the Disney movie's retelling of the story where love is the ultimate prize, and no one cuts anyone's head off.
I am still not sure exactly which story I am drawn to most, so I will play around with ideas of rewriting each in order to see which most suits me. I feel like the idea of writing in space or heavenly less human ideas is really cool and I may want to try that specifically.
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