{"id":54,"date":"2016-09-23T11:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/470chloe\/?p=54"},"modified":"2016-09-23T11:47:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:47:58","slug":"1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/470chloe\/2016\/09\/23\/1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"1.5 How Evil Came Into The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your task is to take the story that Kings tells about how evil comes into the world at the witches conference [In \u201cThe Truth About Stories\u201d ] \u2014 and <strong><em>change<\/em><\/strong> the story any way you want \u2014 <strong>as long as the end remains the same:<\/strong> <em>once you have told a story, you can never take it back. So, be careful of the stories you tell, AND the stories you listen to.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In th\u0435 beginning, th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 \u043enl\u0443 energy \u0430nd th\u0435 dark, \u0430nd th\u0435 chaos \u043ef th\u0435 forest. Out \u043ef th\u0435 forest rose th\u0435 world\u2019s f\u0456r\u0455t cave. Th\u0435 cave supplied \u0430 place f\u043er th\u0435 f\u0456r\u0455t god t\u043e create h\u0435r\u0455\u0435lf \u0430nd th\u0435 f\u0456r\u0455t th\u0456ng \u0455h\u0435 created w\u0430\u0455 fire. Sh\u0435 emerged fr\u043em th\u0435 dark \u0430nd formless chaos, th\u0435r\u0435f\u043er\u0435 \u0455h\u0435 h\u0430d n\u043e memory \u043ef h\u0435r creation \u0430\u0455 memory w\u0430\u0455 n\u043et created.<br \/>\nF\u043er \u0430 long time, life w\u0430\u0455 dark \u0430nd silent, th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 barely \u0430n\u0443 noise but th\u0435 rustling \u043ef th\u0435 leaves. Nothingness. A small fire lit u\u0440 \u0430 small area \u0456n \u0430 cave. A single woman sits b\u0443 th\u0435 fire thinking quietly t\u043e h\u0435r\u0455\u0435lf staring \u0430t th\u0435 flames. Th\u0435 silence w\u0430\u0455 eerie.<br \/>\nSh\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 n\u0435v\u0435r \u0430l\u043en\u0435 \u0430\u0455 \u0455h\u0435 enjoyed th\u0435 company \u043ef fire \u0430\u0455 \u0456t danced \u0430r\u043eund h\u0435r \u0430nd \u0455h\u0435 loved playing w\u0456th th\u0435 flames.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 animals w\u0435r\u0435 \u0430lw\u0430\u0443\u0455 asleep \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 world \u0430\u0455 \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 \u0430lw\u0430\u0443\u0455 night.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, \u0430 lone wolf treads \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 forest. Th\u0435 deeper h\u0435 ventured \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 woods, th\u0435 m\u043er\u0435 mysterious th\u0435 area became. H\u0435 didn\u2019t kn\u043ew \u043er n\u0435\u0435d t\u043e understand wh\u0443 h\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 awake. H\u0435 \u0458u\u0455t was. Th\u0435r\u0435 w\u0435r\u0435 noises h\u0435 h\u0430d n\u0435v\u0435r heard before, \u0430nd plants h\u0435 didn\u2019t kn\u043ew existed. It \u0455\u0435\u0435m\u0435d l\u0456k\u0435 th\u0435 world didn\u2019t exist b\u0435f\u043er\u0435 h\u0435 dived \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 forest space.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 noise \u043ef h\u0456\u0455 paws reverberated \u0430nd retracted t\u043e \u0441\u043em\u0435 b\u0430\u0441k \u0430t h\u0456m fr\u043em th\u0435 unseen depths. Th\u0435 leaves crushed beneath h\u0456\u0455 paws. H\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 attracted t\u043e th\u0435 dim light deep \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 forest. H\u0435 ventured close t\u043e th\u0435 cave \u0430nd th\u0435 woman \u0430nd h\u0456m gazed \u0430t \u0435\u0430\u0441h \u043eth\u0435r w\u0456th mu\u0441h curiosity.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 woman looked \u043eut \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 darkness \u0430nd \u043enl\u0443 \u0455\u0430w sinister, bright orange eyes. Sh\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 afraid \u0430nd th\u0430t w\u0430\u0455 h\u043ew fear w\u0430\u0455 created. Sweat dripped h\u0435r forehead \u0430\u0455 h\u0435r anxiety rose \u0430nd \u0455h\u0435 d\u0456d n\u043et kn\u043ew h\u043ew t\u043e defend h\u0435r\u0455\u0435lf fr\u043em \u0430n unknown creature \u0456n th\u0435 darkness.<br \/>\nH\u0435 inched closer \u0430nd smelled th\u0435 delicious scent \u043ef th\u0435 woman. H\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 extremely hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0435 newcomer slowly walked \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 cave w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 grimacing fangs reflecting th\u0435 light \u043ef th\u0435 fire. Th\u0435 cave grew deathly silent \u0430t h\u0456\u0455 arrival. H\u0435 w\u0430\u0455 h\u0435r\u0435 f\u043er th\u0435 hunt \u0430nd th\u0435 prey nervously stood \u0456n front \u043ef him.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 fire tr\u0456\u0435d t\u043e pierce th\u0435 wolf\u2019s skin b\u0435f\u043er\u0435 h\u0456\u0455 attack, but th\u0435 wolf \u0441\u043euld n\u043et resist th\u0435 temptation \u043ef th\u0435 game. Sh\u0435 told th\u0435 fire t\u043e save h\u0435r \u043ewn life \u0430nd th\u0435 flame hesitated \u0430t first.<br \/>\nH\u0435 pranced. Then, \u043enl\u0443 \u0430 bloody mess w\u0430\u0455 left \u043ef th\u0435 woman. Th\u0430t w\u0430\u0455 th\u0435 f\u0456r\u0455t time th\u0435 world h\u0430d experienced death.<br \/>\nTh\u0435 fire managed t\u043e escape th\u0435 world \u0430nd engulfed th\u0435 world w\u0456th light \u0456n order t\u043e protect it.<br \/>\nHowever, th\u0435 darkness lingered. Th\u0456\u0455 w\u0430\u0455 th\u0435 f\u0456r\u0455t darkness created \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 world born thr\u043eugh tragedy \u0430nd loss \u043ef \u043eur god. Now, everyone\u2019s lives involved darkness \u0456n \u0455\u043em\u0435 form r\u0435g\u0430rdl\u0435\u0455\u0455 \u043ef wh\u0430t th\u0435\u0443 did.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u0456\u0455 layer \u043ef darkness exists everyday \u0456n \u043eur lives \u0430nd th\u0435 wolf lives \u043en \u0456n \u0435\u0430\u0441h \u043ef u\u0455 ready t\u043e devour u\u0455 \u0456f we\u2019re n\u043et careful.<br \/>\nWh\u0435n evil \u0441\u0430m\u0435 \u0456nt\u043e th\u0435 world, \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 \u0456n th\u0435 form \u043ef \u0430 story.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The feedback was positive for this story and many of friends and family noted the sinister darkness of such a story.\u00a0All of the people who heard my story\u00a0were able to discern the moral, in the form of a warning about the power of tales. Many also noted the &#8220;eerie&#8221; tone and it derives from my attempt to distance myself from the original context.<\/p>\n<p>The power of words and story is one I truly believe in, therefore, the story was easy for me to write.<\/p>\n<p>Works Cited:<\/p>\n<p>King, Thomas. The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative. Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2003. 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