One day a group
of gods came to an empty field of land dried and empty due to many decades of
droughts. The gods decided to fill this land with life and give it the ability
to birth many people, animals, and plantations. The land lived in joy. The
people and animal reproduced at exponential rates but one day the people began
to notice that there was not enough food being distributed for all people in
the land. People began to feel things such as greed and hate. The land quickly
filled with disputes and fights. The land slowly began to transform into a land
of dictatorship ruled by King Arjuna. The gods looked down at the land in sadness
watching it become the complete opposite of what they wanted. In response the
set out to create a powerful deity strong enough to bring peace and his name
was Karna.
Karna was no ordinary man. The gods
gave him a strong armor that covered his entire torso and legs.The gods told
him in the skies that he had to come down and rescue the people from the harsh dictatorship
of Arjuna. In return for freeing the people of land the gods would allow him to
rule of the land and give him the ability to enjoy the gifts of the land.
Karna arrived to the land by a
chariot of the gods. He set his quest to arrive at the land by night fall.
He approaches what looks like a
large gate that surrounds a large portion of the land. He notices that outside
of the gates there is plenty of food and water for the millions of people
living within the gates. He comes across what looks like the gates to the
inside of the land. He is spotted by a man named Drona that tells him the gods
told him about his arrival. Drona tells Karna that Arjuna has tricked the
people of the land to believe that there is very limited amounts of food and
water. Arjuna has managed to keep them in control by having control of all the
food outside of the gates.
Karna infuriated sets march to the
castle. Arjuna is startled by Karna’s forceful entrance. Karna explains his
reason for coming to the land but Arjuna is reluctant to his explanation.
Arjuna pulls out behind his back his amazing swords made of metal known to be indestructible.
The battle begins in a brutal
manner. Both are extremely wounded but are unable to quit. Karna has been
wounded severely in the arms in legs. It seems as if Karna is beginning to get
tired. Karna falls on his back and and is awaiting his death. Arjuna picks up
his swords and brings them down with all his force onto the torso of Karna. The
crowd is saddened to see what is to come but as the swords hit the armor of
Karna the blades shattered like glass.
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Karna opens his eyes and noticed he
was still alive. Karna finds the will to get up and from the power of the gods
he regains his strengths and grabs Arjuna and launches him up to the the sky
where the gods will take care of him.
Author’s note
This is a great story. The beginning reminds me of the biblical story of Adam and Eve where everything starts out perfect, but things start going South when greed and selfishness come into play.
ReplyDeleteKarna was a fantastic character in the Mahabharata, and he would have made a great ally for the Pandavas if he had not been so faithful to his first promise to Duryodhana.
I love how you started your story off at the beginning in a time of plenty so that the reader knows it was not always King Arjuna’s dictatorship. You did a great job retelling the story of Karna. I think you highlighted all of his qualities of bravery and generosity beautifully. The ability to disguise oneself is definitely a sneakier super power so giving this power to the bad character, Arjuna, was a good choice.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this story! It seems like a common occurrence in these stories is for someone to displease the gods, which never works out in the end for that person. Arjuna let greed get the best of him and ended up getting his kingdom taken away from him. The battle was my favorite part of the story. Great job!
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