Week 2 Story:
Bibliography: The Goblin City: Story by Author: W. H. D. Rouse
I used the same storyline but I turned it into a rhyme.
Once upon a time...
The city of Ceylon was oh so large
and the female Goblins were in charge.
There were no other creatures
and they had many disgusting features.
These she-goblins were often married
yet their husbands would soon be buried.
For not in the ground would they reside
but inside the stomach of their bride.
This means that they were often looking for new meat
little did the men know that they really should fleet.
For often men who ventured here never left
for the goblins would steal life like a theft.
One day a ship of 500 men crashed their shore
and the goblins welcomed them with an open door.
Soon these men had new wives
not knowing that they hungered to take their lives.
Unsuspecting were these men until
a man woke up against his will.
Through the window he saw his wife chewing
and he knew something bad must be brewing.
In her teeth he saw flesh
it looked to be quite fresh.
He also heard a tune
and it made him want to swoon.
For the lyrics were not so pleasant
it made him question his decisions of the present.
For she sang of mans meat that goblins like to eat
and the man knew he must think quick on his feet.
The man pretended to slumber
the next morning the news he must cumber.
Some men believed while others refused
they could not accept what the man had accused.
They needed a means to try to get away
but they came up short and decided to pray.
Their prayers were answered by the arrival of fairies
for the goblins and fairies were adversaries.
To get them to safety they had to shrink
they could have been eaten in a wink.
Their new size allowed them to fly
on the back of a horse with wings in the sky.
Those who stayed behind did not last long
they discovered that they were wrong.
Hi Brittany,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great rhyme! The rhythm is very good, too. I would not be able to rhyme like this and keep it steady. What made you want to do a poem? Any specific reason why you want to do this story? I think what would make this even better is if you added a small detail that would make a story unique!
Hi Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI thought this was very entertaining. I would never be able to write something like this without making it sound very cheesy. Being able to adapt the storyline into a rhyme scheme takes a special type of talent that I don't have. Maybe for your story you could make like a series of short poems of the Ramayana.