- The insect-king heard that all the different insects were arguing and could not agree to get along, so he sent a message of Work-together via a beetle who never arrived to stop the war
- The Lion boasted that he was the strongest in the world so his advisor the Jackal introduced him to man, who shot him and stabbed him while his dogs attacked and the lion retreated
- It would be interesting to change the story so that they encountered a woman instead of a man
- A dog, bull, ram, donkey, cat, goose, and cock all stood on each other's shoulders to scare robbers out of a house so they could eat all of their food
Could rewrite the story so that they actually established the residence as a permanent home for themselves and they lived together in harmony growing old
- Mr. Tiger allowed Mr. Jackal to teach his seven tiger children at his house for the best education possible, but Mr. Jackal ate one each week until there were no more left
- Could write a story that is an excerpt from their time at Mr. Jackal's house "learning"
- The birds wanted a king and decided it would be whoever flew highest, but the small Tink-tinkje hid in the vulture's feathers and ascended as high as he
- Could write about Tink-Tinkje being so scared in the tree but becoming king after all
- The Lion needed help crossing the river and the jackal had to pull him up with rope, but he secretly instructed his wife to get the worst rope each time so that the lion kept falling
- Could add influences of Lion King in with the Jackal wanting to take over the kingdom as if he were Scar and the lion were Mufasa
- The Jackal tricked the lion into letting him take the eland meat home to his own family and then he did it again when the caught an ox, only the jackal beat the lion's family with an ox shin
- The Lioness and Ostrich had rival roars and each hunted eland, but the lion cubs realized the ostrich had no teeth and that she should not be the rival of the lioness
- Could add a girly friendship between the ostrich and lioness so that they don't even care in the end who is stronger
- The Baboon, Leopard, Hyena, Jackal, Hare, and Tortoise all created a large hole for water, but the Jackal drank it all and bathed in it, making it muddy and unusable
- All the animals conspired together to catch him and make him pay, since he didn't help create it, and the tortoise with a sticky honey caught the jackal's feet, but he escaped
- Could rewrite the story to present day and make the jackal the bully of the school or playground, making all the other animals miserable
Bibliography:
South African Folktales by the nomadic and San people (bushmen) of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe
No comments:
Post a Comment