Week 2 Story: The Lion in Love
One day, deep in the woods, a lion was walking home when he ran into a mouse. The mouse was uncharacteristically fearless, and they got to talking. After a short time, they knew they wanted to see more of each other. Although they had to part ways, they promised to return to the same spot once a week to meet up. After several weeks, the lion realized that he loved the mouse, and would stop at nothing to marry her.
When news broke in the mouse village about the mouse’s love affair, the other mice came up to warn her.
“You can’t marry him. He will hurt you,” said one mouse.
“He is a lion and you are a mouse! He is too aggressive. This can’t work,” said another.
“You are putting your life in danger,” exclaimed another.
But, the mouse would not listen to them. She knew that she, too, loved the lion and would stop at nothing to marry him.
When news broke in the lion kingdom, the other lions came up to warn him.
“You can’t marry her. She is too small,” said one lion.
“You are a lion and she is a mouse! She won’t ever understand you,” said another.
“She will only ever see you as a wild animal,” exclaimed another.
But, the lion would not listen to them. He knew he wanted to marry the mouse.
When the lion arrived at the mouse village to pick up his bride, the town elder tried one more time to warn the mouse against marrying the lion. The mouse became so angry that she lashed out and bit the elder mouse. She ran to the schoolhouse and began tearing the bricks apart. She threw sticks and whipped other mice with her tail, all the while yelling, “None of you know me! I love him, and there is nothing you can do to stop us!”
Bibliography: "The Lion in Love" by Joseph Jacobs (1894)
Image Information: Close-up of a Lion. Source: Pixabay
Hi! The image you used for this post is so powerful, it sets the tone of your retelling. I also enjoyed how you changed the ending to make it happier. It caught me off guard that the mouse was the wild creature, but that shows great creativity and storytelling abilities, changing our perceptions like that.
ReplyDeleteHi Courtney, I love your story. I love the input from both sides of the story, the mouse and the lion. Both sides had issues with the other side, but the mouse and lion did not care about their expectations for who to marry. I also chose this piece for my story and felt the ending was too harsh. I really enjoyed your happy ending for the mouse and lion.
ReplyDeleteHi Courtney! I really love the way you chose to rewrite the story. I also did a re-write of it for this assignment, but I love that you gave it a much happier ending! The level of cruelty to the lion is just so heartbreaking, but I love the way that you were able to show depth of character for everyone without having that part in the story.
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