Storytelling Starters ~ Questions
Saturday, September 24th, 2016Here’s a question. What would you do if someone you thought of as a very good friend brought you a present of two identical apples and when you gav
e one of these apples to your dog (who loved apples), your dog instantly fell down dead? What would you do with the other apple?
That is the question which the prince in The Parrot and the Tree of Life is obliged to answer.
The Parrot and the Tree of Life:
The prince in the story did not hesitate for a moment. He answered the question without hesitation by taking hold of the friend and wringing her neck. Then he took hold of the second apple and threw it out onto the grass outside his throne room, banning anyone from going near it.
Over the succeeding years, an apple tree grew where the second apple had fallen and this tree bore the most delicious-looking fruits. Of course none of the prince’s courtiers would eat them because they were banned from doing so. The tree became known as The Tree of Death. However, when an aged couple who were the prince’s gardeners felt they wanted to die together, they decided to go the tree. There, they took an apple each and ate it. (more…)
