Storytelling: Week 6: The three boys, Marley, Eddie, and Jaxon

One day Marley, Eddie, and Jaxon decided they wanted to go on an adventure. Now the three had never been in the woods by themselves before, but Eddie was confident that he could find his way back home.

They decided they should pack a lunch in case they got hunger or did not make it back in time for dinner. Even at the age of five they knew that their parents would be worried so they wrote them a note to let them know where they had went. After the note was placed on the kitchen counter of Eddie’s house the three boys grabbed their lunches and headed towards the backyard.

They decided they were going to look for treasure. Of course all little boys want to find something hidden in the woods. They had heard from their friends that if they found a circle of stones in the middle of the forest, in which there were no trees, only the stones and grass that there would be a treasure underneath. They found a trail to follow on the nice fall morning. It wasn’t long before Jaxon was hungry. He decided he would hang back and eat his peanut butter sandwich while the others went on ahead.

 Marley and Eddie continued on the trail. They finally came to a spot that was very wooden and the trail was getting smaller. Marley started to get nervous looking at the dark and narrow path. Eddie turned around to say “Come on Marley!” Quickly Marley thought of an excuse to not go in to the dark woods. “Eddie I think I will sit here and eat my lunch and wait for Jaxon to catch up.” Eddie was fine with Marley’s excuse and went on about his marry way.

Soon Eddie noticed it was getting dark and the woods were starting to look scarier. He heard a noise coming from behind him. He thought maybe it was his friends but he heard a growling noise. Eddie started to run through the woods. Soon he heard a snap and WAM! Fell to the ground.

 He then discovered he had fallen in a hole and was trapped. He was so scared he did not know what to do but cry. Then an old woman appeared over him. She was the lady of the woods from the legends Eddie had heard. She raised Eddie from the trap and said she was looking for that old Buñgisñgis that killed her friend, the dog, and lamed the carabao, and spared that witty monkey. 

Image I thought this image was fitting from the original story.

Author's Note:

I wanted to take a different approach to this story. I found it a little difficult to connect to the story I chose by using the same plot or characters. Instead I used what the story made me think of, which was one of my children that I work with. He always wants me to tell him a story, generally about an adventure, In the original story, The Three Friends: the monkey, the dog, and the carabao the animals went to the country to hunt because they were tired of the city. Each day one animal would stay behind and cook. During that time the Buñgisñgis would come and bully them out of their food. One day they trapped him but then he was able to escape. That is when he killed the dog, harmed the carabao, and the monkey was able to get away. He met up with the monkey again but was outwitted.