The Maze
Once a very wise man fell upon a beautiful garden. He admired the blooming flowers, the flowing fountains, and the architecture of the buildings. After several hours, he came to a maze encompassed by tall hedges. In front stood a grey marble statue with a slight smirk across its face, solidly guarding the entrance. In a moment of pride, the wise man said to the statue, "I will gamble my soul to prove that I can solve my way through this maze by the time the sun falls." The statue agreed, and the wise man entered the maze.
He was immediately overcome by the challenging walkways, but his pride was too strong to ignore the test at hand. He noticed a small sparrow overhead. The sparrow sang, "Follow me, and I will help you to be free." But the man disregarded the sparrow, for he was small and insignificant.
The wise man walked in circles, but continuously found his way not to the exit, but back to the entrance. Each time, he was greeted by the smirking grey marble statue. He said, "My friend, it seems you have guarded this maze for your entire life, and you must know it quite well. Please help me find my way out." The statue pointed to the left, but provided false information. Soon the wise man became very lost.
Once again, he looked up and saw the sparrow flying above his head. The sparrow sang, "Follow me, and you will see your way out to safety." The man disregarded the sparrow, because he was too wise and prideful, and thought he could do it himself.
The sun began to fall, and he came across the statue again. The wise man asked for help, but the statue pointed straight ahead, and gave him false information. The man continued to become very lost. For a third time, the sparrow sang, "Follow me, and I can save your soul." But the wise man grew very weary, and ignored the small sparrow's song.
After many hours, the sun disappeared behind the horizon, and the wise man died from insanity. The sparrow, flying over head, looked down and saw the man lifeless, lying beneath the smirking grey marble statue.
Moral: Seek wisdom from above.
3 comments:
Hi Meg.
I'm very happy to see that you started a blog as you can use it as motivation to keep writing. You already know how I feel about your writing so I won't say it again but I can't wait to read more.
As for your story, he's obviously not a very wise man :).
How sad that the man was too prideful to listen to the sparrow. He should have listened to it. Did you write the story? It was beautifully written.
Tito John,
Thank you for reading. I finally committed to an "official" (whatever that means) blog, so I too look forward to writing whatever comes to my little noggin.
Michelle:
Thank you for reading, as well.
I wrote this story in English a couple weeks ago. It's been on my mind lately. I think it's symbolic, but I'll leave that up to you to decipher.
The task at hand was to write a Parable or a Tale, using a writing style similar to that of Aesop and Bidpai. Somehow, we needed to incorporate three pieces of subject matter which would come together to create some type of moral at the end. The given time to complete the assignment was 20 minutes.
I'm somewhat proud of it, but it's nothing amazing. I just decided to share it. So thanks so much for reading. :)
FYI: (Subject: Sparrow ; Place: Maze ; Object: Statue)
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