A King and His Evil Wife
Once upon a time, there was a King who lived in beautiful kingdom. The King was known as a nice, caring and fair man. He had 3 children, one boy and two girls, all of his children took after him and were also known to be very kind people. His wife, however, was a woman he had recently married after the mother of his children had passed away, and she was not nice or kind or honest. The wife was only concerned about herself and being the Queen, she had no care for the children or the King but had a great talent of tricking her husband that she was a great woman.
One day she came to the King and told him that in her sleep the God of Good Fortune came to her and told her that his children were plotting against him in order to gain the throne. The King was devastated that his children could do such a thing, even though his wife had made it all up. The King immediately went to his trusted advisors and had them banish his children from the kingdom for the rest of their lives. Little did the King know that the Queen had planned all of this so she could get rid of the children that way no one would take her place as Queen, considering she was greedy for power.
The children were devastated and confused, they did not understand why they were being kicked out of their father's kingdom when they had done nothing wrong. The children realized what their evil mother had done and were going to do everything in their power to prove their innocence.
Years had gone by and the Queen had completely taken over the kingdom, the King was so sad he could barely get out of bed every day because he missed his children so much.
One day the children snuck back into the kingdom while wearing disguises and told one of the King's advisors that his wife wanted to meet him for lunch at a particular restaurant, which was a lie of course. Then they told the Queen's advisors the same thing but that her husband wanted to meet her there. The children sat and waited for their father to show up, as soon as they saw him they gave him a huge hug and cried. Eventually the Queen arrived, the children had told their father everything about how she had tricked him all along. The King was furious and called down on the God of Truth to test if she was lying or not. If the Queen was lying she would burn in the fire the God had created, if she were telling the truth she would not be harmed by the fire.
The fire ensued and the Queen refused to get into it, but eventually with much reluctance she did.
The King and his three children lived happily ever after, just the three of them.
Once upon a time, there was a King who lived in beautiful kingdom. The King was known as a nice, caring and fair man. He had 3 children, one boy and two girls, all of his children took after him and were also known to be very kind people. His wife, however, was a woman he had recently married after the mother of his children had passed away, and she was not nice or kind or honest. The wife was only concerned about herself and being the Queen, she had no care for the children or the King but had a great talent of tricking her husband that she was a great woman.
One day she came to the King and told him that in her sleep the God of Good Fortune came to her and told her that his children were plotting against him in order to gain the throne. The King was devastated that his children could do such a thing, even though his wife had made it all up. The King immediately went to his trusted advisors and had them banish his children from the kingdom for the rest of their lives. Little did the King know that the Queen had planned all of this so she could get rid of the children that way no one would take her place as Queen, considering she was greedy for power.
The children were devastated and confused, they did not understand why they were being kicked out of their father's kingdom when they had done nothing wrong. The children realized what their evil mother had done and were going to do everything in their power to prove their innocence.
Years had gone by and the Queen had completely taken over the kingdom, the King was so sad he could barely get out of bed every day because he missed his children so much.
One day the children snuck back into the kingdom while wearing disguises and told one of the King's advisors that his wife wanted to meet him for lunch at a particular restaurant, which was a lie of course. Then they told the Queen's advisors the same thing but that her husband wanted to meet her there. The children sat and waited for their father to show up, as soon as they saw him they gave him a huge hug and cried. Eventually the Queen arrived, the children had told their father everything about how she had tricked him all along. The King was furious and called down on the God of Truth to test if she was lying or not. If the Queen was lying she would burn in the fire the God had created, if she were telling the truth she would not be harmed by the fire.
The fire ensued and the Queen refused to get into it, but eventually with much reluctance she did.
The King and his three children lived happily ever after, just the three of them.
Author's Note: I wrote this story with the Ramayana in mind. In the video that I watched this week of Ramayana, the narrators discuss how the evil wife of the King tricked him into sending his son, Rama, away for 14 years. The King was so sad but he believed his wife and believed it was the right thing to do. In this story I switched up why the wife sent away the kids and I ended the story with the wife being caught.
Bibliography: "Sita Sings the Blues" By: Nina Paley
Hey Paige! Awesome work and layout that you have done for your story! It’s crazy that the King’s wife did not care anyone but herself. It’s insane that she didn’t even care about the kids and made them banish from the rest of the King’s lives. Overall, it’s great that there was a happy ending to the story. The Queen did deserve for how heartless and shallow she was.
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ReplyDeleteI just finished your story. I must say that it was really good. Your evil queen is so awesome. She reminds me of queen from Snow White, only caring about her goals. I was wondering about the fire scene. Do you think you could add more details. It would be such an intense and dramatic scene. Also, I'm curious about the years the children were exiled. What did they do? How did they figure out that it was the queen? The queen is so sneaky and manipulative, what gave her away? Did they meet an old enemy of the queen? Or since the Gods are involved, did they guide the children? Overall, the story is really good. It is a clever retelling. I also enjoyed the fact that the queen got what she deserved. I look forward to reading more of your stories.
Hi Paige! I really enjoyed reading your story! It reminded me of my childhood and when I watched only movies about princesses. I really enjoyed how you were able to switch up the story a bit and made the queen so greedy, that none of the children were important to her, as opposed to the Ramayana where only Rama was the victim blamed. Great job, I look forward to reading more of your posts!
ReplyDeletePaige, I loved how you switched up who had to bear the burden of the Queen's evil plan, as I was super irritated that Kaikeyi was granted her wish to exile Rama in the original story. Although I don't want to support the Queen because the way that she got to sit on the throne was unjust, I do wonder what her rule looked like and how she shaped the kingdom. Also, I'm curious to see how the Queen's scheme had shaped her relationship with the King. Maybe you could include a short scene that exemplifies how the Queen's demeanor had changed once her kids were banished. Did she at least pretend to be sad about it? Did the King see how hungry she was for power after she finally became Queen? Did she enforce unjust rules in the kingdom? Did she take advantage of her new control over the wealth of the kingdom? I personally would include a sentence or two about how she built a huge gold statue of herself in front of her palace, just because that is something that I might do if I was an evil queen :)
ReplyDeleteHey Paige! Great story I really enjoyed reading this and the layout that you choose for the story was great and easy to follow. This story did remind me of some of the one's a lot of us were told as little kids with kings, queens and princesses. By making the queen so greedy it changed the perspective of the story instead of in the Ramayana were it is being done for her child to rule.
ReplyDeleteHey Paige! I really liked the details you added in your retelling! I also really enjoyed the fact that the queen got caught (as she should) – I’m a sucker for happy endings, and I was pretty sad in the original Ramayana that Rama was still exiled for 14 years and really wished the king could’ve just not listened to Kaikeyi. I was wondering, what is the time frame of your story? I was wondering since you talked about going to a restaurant, and I’m sure they had restaurants back in the day as well, but it just feels more modern to me. I would say that you could also elaborate on the ending (which is my favorite part) to kind of give the readers more detail and satisfaction from the wonderful justice that happens to the queen. Overall, I loved reading your story, and I enjoyed your take on it!
ReplyDeleteHey Paige! Good job keeping originality while also throwing a twist in the story! I really enjoyed the ending and how they children eventually found their father and proved the queen was lying. I liked the image you chose to go with the story as well. It was cool to see that the children never gave up, even after so many years had passed and it seemed the queen had complete control. Good work!
ReplyDeleteHi Paige! From the very beginning your story was giving me Cinderella, evil-stepmother vibes. The poor king is always tricked and all he was trying to be was a loyal husband. Honestly, I don't know why the queen would even try to lie because everything always comes back around. She got what she deserved.
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ReplyDeleteI like the way you have switched up the original story of the Ramayana with the evil wife. It was good to know why she sent the kids out and have a good story. Just like Jasmin I thought of Cinderella just because of Evil siblings. I really liked the story of Cinderella. Your story has great detail that helped me be really into the story. Keep up the good work!
Hi Paige! I like your “A King and His Evil Wife” story. The evil wife definitely had a unique and distinctive personality that can be summed up as selfish and cunning. Wow, that’s super evil that the evil wife plotted to banish the children. I think the king is also kind of foolish that he naively believed what she said without checking. I like the fact that the story eventually ended in a happy ending with children and the king reunified. I also like the image! It’s cute and really depicts who the queen is. Thank you for a great story!
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