On request of my children that I should create a new story every time, I try to spin stories on the fly and I keep adding some twists to simple plots as I narrate.
Here are a couple of stories with very simple plots but which amused
the narrator and the audience nonetheless.
Pea and Potato
Once upon a time, there was a pea and there was a potato. One day
they started arguing. Pea said, "Potato, I am the prettiest vegetable in
the whole world. You are so brown, so ugly and so boring." Potato said,
"Pea I may not be the prettiest vegetable but everybody loves to eat
me." And they kept on fighting and fighting. One elderly Banyan tree was
watching their argument and suggested that they should ask some children
because children are the most unbiased creatures in the whole world and will
give the correct verdict.
Thankfully they both agreed to listen to this suggestion and went to
a group of children in the park. They requested the children to decide about
their dispute. The children first listened to each side's reasoning patiently
and then started a brainstorming session amongst themselves. It seemed like a
very difficult task to decide anything on this issue. There was no one right
answer. But kids are kids and they find the way out when they set their minds
to it.
After a short while, they appeared in front of the pea and the
potato and told them that we all like the dishes made from both of them
together like samosa, poha, aloo-matar curry and many more, so considering
this, you both are very special and you both need to work in complete harmony
to make delicious dishes for all of us. Pea and Potato both were satisfied and
also realized that it is not important to be superior to others, what is more
important is to be able to work in unison with others.
Who Should Be The King Of The Jungle
Once upon a time in a jungle, a Donkey was lazing around in a
pumpkin patch when he started thinking about his family, his friends, his
acquaintances and his enemies too. Gradually his mind wandered into a territory
where he started questioning things. One such question made him really furious
and excited at the same time. He could not find any valid reason for the Lion
to be the king of the jungle and not a Donkey. So in order to understand the
reason, he thought of fixing up a meeting with the King of the jungle - the
Lion, directly. In order to do that he very intelligently thought of first
calling him up. He made a phone call to the Lion and first enquired about his
health and then asked him if he could come over to meet. The Donkey very
frankly told the Lion that he is coming to meet him, so the Lion should not
even attempt making him the meal. He mentioned that this is a very important
matter and this cannot be discussed if he is afraid of losing his life while
talking to the King. The Lion assured the donkey that he is already full after
having eaten a full Zebra just in the breakfast so the Donkey can come over
fearlessly.
At the appointed time, the Donkey reached Lion's den. Without
wasting any time, he expressed his feelings to the lion and why he should not
be the king of the jungle. He further asked, "Lion ji, just tell me, why
do you think you are the king? What exceptional quality do you have which makes
you superior to other animals and especially us donkeys? "
Lion replied, "We have a ferocious roar and all the animals
shiver at the sound of our roar".
Donkey had his reply ready, "Why, we have an equally fearful
braying too - Dhanchoon, dhannchoo. Haven't you heard animals complaining about
it so much and haven't you seen animals running away from us when we start
braying? "
Lion was speechless, so he suggested that we should call a meeting
of all the animals of the jungle and then let them decide who should be the
King of the jungle. The condition is, this meeting is compulsory for every
single inhabitant of the jungle.
So on the designated date and time, all animals reached the meeting
venue. The Donkey explained the issue to all the animals and then the animals
started discussing the problem and what could be the possible solution.
………..
Now after this, I asked the kids to pretend to be a particular
animal of their choice and decide who should be the king of the Jungle. Two
in-house thinkers chose to be a rabbit and a giraffe and gave some very
interesting answers and equally interesting reasoning.
Happy story ending to you too :)
Please do share the solutions suggested by your little ones here.
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