Week 10 Story: Interview with a Magpie
Interviewer: I’m here with the birds responsible for the
wedding of the young girl born from a wound in a mans leg, and the cruel
buffalo who wore down her parents. These birds delivered the messages between
the two parties, and they’re here to give us their side of the story. Lets
start at the beginning with the magpie who delivered the initial proposal.
Magpie: The buffalo heard about the girl and that she was
very beautiful. He decided, somewhat hastily, that he wanted to marry her. So
he sent me to ask the men for her hand. They said no initially because she was
too young. I could tell he wasn’t giving up so easy, but I knew I wouldn’t be
able to convince them, so I told him to send a lovebird, who would be much more
persuasive.
Lovebird: I tried two times to get them to agree to the
marriage, but they still wouldn’t accept it. I even tried to lie to the buffalo
so I wouldn’t have to go back, but he knew I was lying. So I panicked and told
him to send the “fire-owner”, who I knew was even more persuasive than me.
Fire-owner: So I knew that the buffalo was at his wits end,
and if I came back with bad news, I would surely get the punishment. So I flew
to the men and told them that the buffalo was coming and would steal the girl
and kill them all if they didn’t hand her over. Whether or not that was true, I
don’t know. But it sounds like something the buffalo would have said, right?
Magpie: That sounds just like him. It’s no wonder they
finally accepted the proposal.
Interviewer: All right that’s all we have time for today.
Join us next week when we hear from more of the animals and spirits that helped
the girl escape the buffalo and get down to what really happened that day.
Author’s note: This story is about a girl who is born from a
wound in a mans leg. She is very beautiful, so a powerful buffalo wants to
marry her. The men refuse many times, to the several birds the buffalo sends to
convince them. But they finally consent because they knew the bull would come
anyway and they couldn’t escape him. I decided to look at the perspectives of
the messengers, and the easiest way to do that was in the form of an interview.
I kept the plot the same, but only did the first part of the story, treating it
as a serial podcast type of story.
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Hi Caroline! I really liked the format of your story. It made it very easy for me to read. I understood the point of your story, but it would have been nice to have a bit more detail. Although you explained the reasoning for what you wrote in your Author's note it would have been more interesting to have some of that detail instead of holding it back. Overall, good job though!
ReplyDeleteHi Caroline! I love that you made this in an interview form so cool! You could have added a little more to made the story a little longer but I think it's great so far! I love the idea of interviewing the birds instead of the main characters of the story to get a different perspective! Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Caroline,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I really enjoyed reading your story “Interview with a Magpie.” I think it was really creative of you to structure your story as an interview. It really held my attention and brought a unique aspect compared to the original story. Overall, I think you did a great job and I cant wait to read your others stories!