In the kingdom of Oklahoma everything was bright and alive but in the palace it was full of trouble. King Yudhishthira has been drinking and gambling since his father died and left him the throne. As time goes buy he gains the hatred of his cousins the Kauravas. They are led my Duryodhana.
The king is a very big drinker and gambler even though he is terribly bad. He has always been attached to his liquor but know it is starting to get in the way of his judgments. His addictions have gotten to the point that they are no longer much of a satisfaction for him. His brothers and his wife have all tried talking to him but he refuses to listen and get help.
His cousin, Duryodhana, has always had it against the Pandava brothers. His reason to hate them is because Yudhishthira has always had it easy. Everything was given to him. Duryodhana can no longer take it. Along with his brothers the Kauravas have a plan to take out the king and his brothers.
One night as the king and his brothers were sleeping, Duryodhana set their house on fire. The family managed to escape without being noticed by the Kauravas. The Pandavas ran into the forest watching their home burn as the Kauravas laughed believing the king and his family were still inside.
Yudhishthira’s life has begun to plummet. Him and his brothers were enraged and began to plan on their return to the kingdom. As they planned and traveled homeless in the forest they encountered another kingdom where all five brothers feel in love with the same woman. Her name was Draupadi. All the brothers wanted her but she decided to stay with Yudhishthira.
Time went by and the brothers had built up enough wealth and armies to take back their kingdom. As they were making their way to the kingdom Karna, one of the Kauravas, was up on the tree picking apples. He managed to go around the Pandavas and make it to the kingdom before they arrived. He warned Duryodhana about what was approaching and told him not to fight back because they had too many people on their side. Duryodhana knew exactly how to win without shedding blood. As the Pandavas arrived at the gate Duryodhana was at the gate and greeted them. He explained to Yudhishthira that he challenged him to a dice game. If he lost, him and his brothers would be exiled and Draupadi would become his slave. As expected he lost. His brothers turned around looked at him with anger.
After months of living in the forest the brothers decided they could not take it anymore. The brothers approached Duryodhana’s house stronger than before. Duryodhana knew he would be killed so he escaped the kingdom and hid in the woods but the Pandavas found him and killed him. After the battle was over the brothers took hold of their kingdom once again. The king assumed he would just regain the throne but his brothers came in and told him to get off of the throne. His brothers had signed him up for a rehabilitation program. If he refused he was to be exiled from the kingdom, never to come back.
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Years past and the brothers missed Yudhishthira but they knew they had done what was best for him. Until one day the received a knock and there he was. The great king Yudhishthira.
Author’s Note: My story is based on the The Indian Heroes: Mahabharata- The Prince of Elephant City by C.A. Kincaid. I decided
to focus on Yudhishthira because I feel like he played the biggest part on the
Pandavas misfortune. I also feel like not a lot of the actual story is based on
him. I emphasized his gambling addiction and added a drinking problem to his
character to show how he ruined his families life’s. He put his family up twice
for a bet and lost both times. Duryodhana has always been jealous of the
Pandavas. He did try to burn them down them down while they slept. In the
actual story Duryodhana hides at the bottom of the lake to avoid being killed
by the Pandavas but comes back up to fight Bhima. He is killed by Bhima. The dice game is actually played between
Yudhishthira and one of Duryodhana’s advisors who has mastered the dice game. Yudhishthira
is an amateur when it comes to this game. Both Duryodhana and his advisor
planend this because it was the easiest way to take him out. My ending portrays
the ending to the story. In the actual story the brothers go to heaven but
Yudhishthira has to go to hell before he can join his brothers.
I like that you focused on Yudhishthira for this story. I think he's a really interesting character, and I definitely agree with your portrayal of his gambling problems and poor choices. Your version feels much more realistic in those respects.
ReplyDeleteI did notice a couple of grammar issues in your story, missing commas, an incorrect pronoun. I've always found that grammar mistakes can make it difficult to read a story fluidly, so you might want to keep an eye out for those.
Overall, I enjoyed your version of the story, and I like that you leave it a little open ended with Yudishthira coming back at the end.