The Inverted Lotus:
By: Maria Dawson
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| An outlining of the beautiful lotus. Picture by: OpenClipArt |
A long long time ago there was a
spell cast over the lake pond that stated, “every 100 years the women shall be
rendered infertile and it will you’re your jobs to figure out the secrets”. This secret, of course, being how to allow the
women to conceive there must be a way thought the pond.
Pond of Lavender is where the yearly joyous occasion of the fusion of gametes took place. This
year had been especially hard on all the lotus and no new flower buds were in
the making. This year was the hundredth year since the spell. From the back a faint voice can be heard, “I Nelumbo will give myself as the fertilizer for the
future creating four of the most gorgeous flowers this pond has ever seen”.
Nelumbo yelled over the crowded water, “though
shall not fear I give myself in peace and harmony. To create an even stronger youth
to carry us through the hard times that lie ahead. I shall deliver this gift of
life to the three most lovely flowers to perceive this gift of our future”.
Later that night a wind carried the
fertilizer over the four females in the crystal blue waters.
The tarn delighted greatly with the birth of the four new plants.
They celebrated with color shows and pollen parades and the prettiest garlands
you could ever see.
However, among of
the four plants, Nucifera, was the most beautiful: waking away in a flower bed
he was like to a beautiful baby boy amongst a sea of white blankets away in a cradle.
King lotus, the
great flower, admired that this small lotus carried all the symbols of his
kind, and leaving his understanding to the pond, and was well admired in return.
Authors Note: This story was inspired by the Rama Avitar of Vishnu because in the original story Rama is compared to a beautiful blue lotus. This comparison shot an idea through my head of rewriting the story but from a flower point of view. As you can see the names of the flowers I used are the real names of types of lotus flowers by clicking the hyperlink within them. I had a lot of fun writing this story and trying different ways to create the effect of it being a flower but also keeping the storyline the same.
Bibliography: Indian Myth and Legend written by Donald A. Mackenzie chapter titled Rama: Avatar of Vishnu
Hi Maria!
ReplyDeleteWow, what an interesting idea to use flowers! I like that you included real lotus names in your story and the links were really helpful. I did find the curse and the number of different names for the pond a little confusing. I also think the changes in font where a little distracting but I think this was such a cool idea.
Hi Maria. I really enjoyed your story and I think that the way you used flowers as your characters was very unique. I learned a lot about different types of flowers! Your inspiration is interesting because a detail like that would never spark such an idea in my head. Its amazing how different aspects of a story can inspire such different things in different people. Keep it up!
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