MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

This is the story of a lonely boy. He was new at school and had made no friends. The day went on and he still had no friends. It was time for recess and he went to the basketball court. He shot hoops by himself while the other kids played together. Time went on and he still had no friends. He continued to shoot hoops, when another boy came up. They shot hoops together. The lonely boy now had a friend. He did not know his name, but he was now a friend. He now liked school. Recess was his favorite. All because the new lonely boy now had a friend.  6 word Just FYI, he's good at basketball The boy, via  source

Bob woke up in the morning. Bob rubbed his eyes. Bob rolled out of bed. Bob walked to the bathroom.  Bob showered and got ready for the day. Bob left for work. Bob worked. Bob ate lunch. Bob worked. Bob drove home. Bob walked back in the house. Bob sat on the couch. Bob watched tv. Bob ate dinner. Bob watched tv. Bob got sleepy. Bob brushed his teeth and put on his pajamas.  Bob fluffed his pillow. Bob went to bed. Bob slept through the night and had many dreams. Bob did the same thing the next day. 6 word Are we all just like Bob? Bob, via  source

 The rat was hungry, so he decided to walk into Charleston's to eat.  He went in through the side door because the front was too crowded. The tables were all full so he just went straight to the kitchen to ask the chef for food. He scurried up to the foot of the chef and the chef screamed. This wasn't an ideal situation for the health standards of the restaurant.  The chef chased the rat instead of giving him food. The rat was confused, he was harmless and hungry. He ran back outside and saw a family leaving with a to-go box. The little boy in the family gave the rat his left over chicken strips. 6 word: Picturing the mouse from Disney's Ratatouille  Mouse in the kitchen, via  source

 so this wolf was ready to snack and saw this girl and was like sheesh lets go so he was like eh I could probably just sneak to her grandmas house because I know everything and obviously she is going there  so he got there and was like yeah imma put on this dress and pretend to be grandma then boil up this chick for dinner so the girl got there and he was like hey sweetie pie then grabbed her and tossed her in a boiling pot and had her for dinner she was a tasty dinner but he threw on some bbq sauce 6 word yeah this was a good idea Big Bad Wolf, via  source Authors Notes: I just rewrote some Aesop's Fables in the most improper way possible, and I thought it was pretty fun. I decided to do the same thing with the classic story of the Big Bad Wolf, making it as informal as possible.

 Drabble: The cow jumped over the moon. But he tripped. His toe got caught on a crater. He floated through space. There were no other cows. Just aliens in their spacecrafts.  He felt lonely. But yet so at peace.  Why did he try to jump over the moon?  Why was the cow in space? He drifted further. He crashed onto Mars. He walked around Mars. He met space cows.  He was no loner lonely.  The space cows became his family.  The cow smiled. He was so happy he tried to jump over the moon. Don't worry, cows can breathe in space.  Six-Word Stories: Oh, to be a kid again. The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, via  link Authors Notes: I have no idea why, but the old nursery rhyme The Cow Jumped Over the Moon  was literally the only thing I could think about when trying to make a story. Since that was where my brain was taking me, this is a short choppy drabble that is an alternate take on that rhyme. It made me feel like a kid again, and I expressed that t...