a story is a wonderful experience - for the storyteller and the audience. It is so much fun to narrate one to a small group of kids :) and see them gape and wonder..
Recently DBT narrated a story to me.. I liked it and I cant figure out why.I present it here hoping that my readers might also like it.. DBT, am cutting out on details because I can't write as nicely as you narrated :)
...there were 3 trees in a forest. All three of them desired to be of use to someone great, i.e ,for making some wooden thing to be used by someone really big, mighty and powerful. They prayed and prayed for their dreams to be realized. Eventually,the tree-cutters arrived and chopped all three of them.
Tree A went on to become the cot of an emperor and he was very glad that his dreams were fulfilled. He thanked his stars and felt damn lucky. He continued to serve the king forever.
Tree B was shaped into a boat and was caught in a storm once with someone on board. That someone was able to stop the storm single-handedly and seeing this Tree B was astonished. He then realized that his dream was also fulfilled. His joy knew no bounds, for he concluded that anyone who could manage a storm in an ocean was indeed a great man..
Tree C was felled and left in the bazaar for many days with no buyers. He felt very very bad and was down with pain. He wasn't able to fathom why he lost when his dreams were as passionate as the others'. He prayed,cursed,wondered,cried and eventually stayed as is, waiting for an absolution,that never seemed to come...
One day,a group of men were desperately looking for wood to make two long planks. The planks had to be strong for they were going to be used for a special task, unheard of before. They had to tie up the planks in such a way so as to make a 'T' shape and hoist it up the ground. They scooted around the bazaar and not finding anything ready-made,picked up Tree C's wood and shaped it accordingly. Then, a man was made to haul the planks all the way up and upon reaching a certain place wherein a group had gathered to cheer and jeer,they did something totally strange... THEY NAILED THE MAN TO THE PLANKS FORMING THE Tee....
and the rest is history...
Footnotes: DBT,I can't thank you enough for narrating this to me.
2 comments:
Good one! Just to add to it, the third tree's desire was to be the tallest in the neighborhood, taller than any other tree touching the heavens, closest to God.
God has His own ways of fulfilling your dreams !
A tree can do much good when its alive n not chopped off! You've narrated this story as if the trees were waitin to get chopped!
To be honest, i dint like this story! Even if you consider the cross thing, FYI, crucifixion existed long before Christ.
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