At one time there was no rain on the Earth; the plants had enough water in the rich soil to live and strive from. The skies were always clear and cloudless with the sun shinning brightly upon the face of the Earth. One day the king of all the nature told the sky that he in fact favors the soil more. The king favored the rich soils of earth because it helped produce all the beautiful flowers and trees for him to admire. The king did not like the sky because it was always so hot and burning the skin of all the humans that lived on Earth. When the king told the skies this, the sky became very saddened; so saddened that it rained for the first time ever upon the Earth. The soil already contained so much moisture it could have absorb anymore for the plants to drink. Because the soil could not absorb anymore water from the rain, it began to flood. The flooding on Earth became so much that flowers and trees began to parish; the king demanded for it to stop immediately. After the sky had cleared and it stopped raining, clouds were left behind. The suspended moisture in the skies produced the most beautiful shapes and pattern the king had ever seen. The king enjoyed the shapes and the clouds so much that he told the skies they were his new favorite once again. Though the king was shallow and only liked things for their exterior beauty, the skies did not care and continued to cry over the earth leaving the beautiful clouds behind for the king to admire. The skies remained the kings favorite for eternity after and that is why the phenomena of rain still occurs to this day; so the almighty king can admire the clouds. Overtime the soil adapted to the excess moisture and eventually started producing all the beautiful flowers and trees as it once did before the rain came. Occasionally the king would request for something specific to be left in the clouds such as his wife's name or his favorite animal; that is why letters and animals can sometimes be seen within the clouds in the sky. When the seasons change though, the rain begins to freeze killing almost all the flowers; the king despises this. The king despises the cold so much that he asked the cold to leave and never come back. The cold could never leave due obviously to the the suns position to earth, so the king decided to never speak to the cold ever again and stated the cold was his least favorite off all nature.
Authors Note:
This was my adaptation of the Nigerian stories I have head this week. Though both stories I read seem to give a different creative explanation to something in nature, this is more of an adaptation to the story entitled
The Lightning and the Thunder, which describes why there is thunder and lightening in the skies. I wanted to use this same theme, but change the phenomena; so I decided to give a creative explanation as to why it rains.
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Origin stories are one of my very favorite types of stories, so when I learned that your story was about the origin of rain and clouds I really liked it. I'm not familiar with your original story but I thought the tie ins to us seeing animals and shapes in the sky was a clever addition. Your story was a fun one to read. I would just recommend adding in more space between each line or between each couple of sentences that go together to make it easier for your audience to read.
ReplyDeleteHey Alex, this was a cool story to read. I love to read cultures’ origin stories and thought you did a great job transforming this one! I think that the king was a good way to show the readers why rain began and how clouds came to be. I also really liked the photo you chose for this story, because it is a great still life of rain in nature.
ReplyDeleteHi Alex! I really liked reading your story, and was very intrigued! I thought you did a great job a changing the story to a different phenomenon. My favorite part was why you can see certain shapes in clouds because I used to love doing that with my friends when I was a kid! It was fun that you still kept the king as shallow, and that even after his feelings changed he found something else to hate. Great job!
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