Casey's Blogs: Indian Epics 4993-995

Note: the current story is on my portfolio page . (Ewok: Wikimedia Commons ) The Ewok and the Storm Troopers One day on the planet of Endor, some storm troopers were doing their daily routine. They went from checkpoint to checkpoint making sure that nothing suspicious was occurring at the base. Suddenly, they heard a rustle in the leaves that almost made them jump out of their armor. "Who goes there," one of them said. Soft, garbled speech was heard, but it wasn't anything these storm troopers had heard before. "We better check it out, we don't want another incident like last week." As the storm troopers approached the bushes where the speech came from, they drew their weapons. They pushed the bushes aside and to their astonishment found one small, furry-like bear. The creature was an Ewoks, but the storm troopers had no idea due to never seeing anything like it before. "What is this thing, I've never seen it before!?...

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit by Ellen C. Babbit I enjoyed this story because it actually had some comedy to it, but also a deeper message. Imagine seeing a group of animals just running and proclaiming that the end of the Earth is upon us because it is breaking up. Pretty funny, right? Even if it was breaking up, running would be pointless because there would be no escape from the inevitable. The deeper meaning that I took from this story is that in times of chaos, it is important to evaluate the source of the chaos. Is it really chaos, or is it merely  perceived  chaos? The rabbit acts on its gut instinct to reaffirm his idea that the world is breaking up without evaluating the action that made the coconut fall from the tree. If he would have, he would have realized the monkeys that were above him dropped the coconut and therefore caused his reaction. His reaction was not something that was from his own doing, rather it was brought about by somebody else. Therefore, the monke...

I chose to read from R.K. Narayan's Ramayana. For me, I enjoy reading from an actual book and having a physical copy in front of me to read instead of reading from an online source. Also, the more simple language that was mentioned in the blog post would better suit me. Old fashioned language makes it difficult to understand the main point of the book sometimes. Additionally, I have already bought the book and plan on keeping it, so I might as well read it. The first comic I'll comment on is  Parashurama . This story seems interesting because it seems odd that something could have so much loyalty to someone and do anything without a second thought. A story explaining this more in-depth would be interesting and it is something that I hope is explained in the comic. the second comic I'll comment on is Ganga . This one seems interesting because I have never heard of a god drinking up the entire ocean. Also, it seems pretty interesting that 60,000 sons would be sent out to fi...