Tuesday, 7 February 2012

I Heard You Liek Stories?

I've looked through a few stories on the Internet called 'The Tiger and the Fox', and seeing that Google Images seem to have much friendlier story lines than the stories themselves (Even Aesop's Fables wasn't very inspiring), I want to write my own story called 'The Tiger and the Fox'. The reason for this is that, well, I want to be able to pin animals on me and Devin for illustration purposes (I like drawing), and even though it seems a bit strange when you think about it in your head, when the two animals are down on paper... They actually make quite a cute couple. So, I guess... Here it is...

The Tiger and the Fox - By Hayleigh Moore
The Tiger and the Fox are two very different animals. One stands proud, showing off its strength and colours for every animal of the forest to see. However, the other likes to stay hidden in the bushes, sneaking its way from tree to tree for a delicious bite to eat.

Although being very proud of his high status, the Tiger was getting tired of his job. Day in and day out the animals would go to him for advice in panic and dismay, so sometimes this made him furious so he roared at them to go away and leave him alone. As the Tiger perched against the side of a tree, he looked out in to the forest as the rays of sunlight began to dim and another day was about to pass. Getting sleepy-eyed, he thought he saw a flicker of movement in the distance. To his surprise, it was the Fox.
The Fox had never in his life been to the Tiger and confronted him of his problems, even though it was difficult to catch supper. In fact, the Fox hardly noticed the Tiger at all because they lived in two entirely different worlds, seeing two entirely different aspects of life. This was the same for the Tiger too, as he had spent his whole life with his head high above all of the other animals, he hardly had enough time to look down and see the Fox hiding in the shadows.

However, even though the Tiger thought it was strange that the Fox had never noticed him, he went to sleep, waiting until morning where he would have to endure another day of tiresome problems. In the morning, when the sun was starting to raise high in the sky, the Tiger woke and stretched his paws and then began to walk through the forest once more.
Upon walking, he saw a mouse scurrying along the bush in a frantic hurry. The Tiger smirked and began to run towards the mouse. Just as he pounced, the Tiger suddenly saw a small figure jump out of the bush and onto the mouse. It was only when the Tiger came tumbling down onto the ground that he realised that the small figure was the Fox, who had just managed to escape the Tigers tumble.
In silence, they both rose to their feet, standing up tall. Of course, the Fox had to look up at the Tiger who towered above him, although he was the one that held the helpless mouse in his mouth. They looked at each other for a short while, and then without a sound, the Fox dropped the mouse to the Tigers paws, and the Tiger looked down at the dead mouse on the ground.
For this reason, the Tiger smiled, as this was the only thing that had made him so very happy in many long years. The Fox smiled back at the Tiger, not in his usual sly manner, but with a softer expression that also made him feel very happy inside.

And so, for reasons unknown, the Tiger and the Fox became good friends. Even though they were worlds apart and the other animals of the forest laughed and jeered at their friendship, this didn't matter to them because they had finally found something that made them happy.

They were who they wanted to be, not someone who they were expected to be.
The End.

So yeah, that's my version of 'The Tiger and the Fox'. It's based around Devin and I of course! And it's much better than Aesop's crap and the Chinese story that made no sense at all... Not because I'm an amazing writer or anything, but just because it fits so well with our story and how it started.
I can't put a full stop ending that cleans everything up because there hasn't been a full stop ending in our relationship, and I like to think that if people are smart enough, they'll think of alternate endings as opposed to 'and they lived happily ever after' which is nice, but I think that you've got to have a more open mind than that if you want to survive in this world.
Anyway, so what the story explains is the status of the two characters and how they happened to meet. That's it really. I was a normal player on the AG server and Alch was a mod. I get promoted and therefore noticed (Like the fox comes out of the shadows and the Tiger suddenly notices him). A part II would be nice... But we're only about a month in our relationship at the moment, so who knows where it could go from here.

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