Week 7 Story: The Lake

This image represents the lake that the brothers stumbled across. Image

On one hot summer day  some brothers were out and about in the forest. The boys rummage around this forest all the time but they seemed to be somewhat lost. They had also been out there for hours and were beginning to become very hot and thirsty. 

After walking a couple more miles, trying to find there way out, they came across a lake they had never seen before. The boys instantly became overjoyed because they were all so thirsty. Nick was the boy to spot the lake first but as he spotted the lake he heard voices asking him questions. Nick refused to acknowledge the voices and drank from the lake anyways. Three out of the four other brothers followed along in Nick’s footsteps. But, Zack heard the voices and refused to drink before answering the questions he was asked. 

All of the boys expect Zack began to get very sick. The boys just knew that it was from the lake water but Zack was not sick. 

“You stupid boys should have listened to me and answered my questions,” said the voice. 

The boys began pleading for forgiveness but the voice had no mercy and the boys got even sicker. They all started  to think as if they were dying. But then, Zack began to plead to the voice for forgiveness. 

“Since you listened to me and answered all of my questions properly I will show your brothers some mercy,” said the voice. 

After that the boys began feeling better and were all ready to go home. There was only one problem though, they were lost. 

The voice murmered, “ Jump into the lake.”

The boys decided to listen to the voice this time and do as it said. It paid off too because the woke up at home in their beds feeling so much better. They brothers also vowed to never go into a forest adventure again and to listen to what people told them. 

Author’s Note: My story was based off of The voice in the lake. While they are living in the woodland, the Pandavas are drawn nearer by a brahmin who is urgent in light of the fact that a baffling monster deer has taken his staff and the fuel he uses to make the conciliatory fire. The Pandavas pursue the deer yet can't get it. Worn out and parched, they search for water. Nakula finds a lake, yet a voice reveals to him that, prior to drinking, he should address a few inquiries. Nakula overlooks the voice, beverages, and bites the dust. In a steady progression, Sahadeva, Arjuna and Bhima meet a similar destiny. Yudhishthira comes and discovers his siblings all dead. He also hears the voice, and he responds to the inquiries. This was a test by his dad, Yama, the divine force of death and of Dharma. The siblings return to life, and they get the endowment of unrecognizability for their thirteenth year of outcast.

In my story I wanted to keep the same concepts of the original story without out being tragic. I also wanted the brothers in my story to learn a lesson. In my story they were taught to listen to what they are told and good things will and come and vice versa. This story is an example of good Karma. 

Bibliography: The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, R. K. Narayan, Story