Once upon a time, there was a beautiful couple, Rama and his wife Sita. They decided to go on vacation with Rama's brother, Lakshmana to a beautiful island for fourteen days. Throughout their two week stay, Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana spent a lot of time doing outside excursions. They really enjoyed snorkeling, swimming, hiking, and things of that nature.
One day when they were on a new hiking trail they ran into a man named Ravana. Now it was obvious that Ravana was vastly taken with Sita and her beauty, as he would only speak to her and couldn't stop looking at her. Rama took notice of this and became a little protective and jealous over Sita so he suggested that they keep going on their way along the trail, but that it was very nice to meet Ravana.
After this Ravana went back to his hotel, and he could not stop thinking about Sita and her beauty. He knew it was wrong that he wanted her because she was married, but in his mind he thought if Sita got to know him she would want him back. So he made it his mission to run into her whenever possible. So the next day, Ravana managed to find out where Sita, her husband, and Lashmana would be biking and 'coincidentally' ran into them. Rama was not happy to see Ravana again, but was polite nonetheless as he watched his wife get flirted with. This happened two more times before Ravana finally told Sita how he felt. When he finally tells her, Sita is shocked and runs away but Ravana follows her to where they both run into Rama. Rama sees that Sita is upset and asks what's wrong, but she insists she's fine and asks Rama to go get her a glass of water to which Rama obliges. This leaves Sita alone with Ravana again.
While Rama is gone, Ravana continues to reiterate just how much he loves Sita, but Sita declines and says she's in love with her husband. This angers Ravana, and he decides that he'll just have to take Sita and convince her to love him through time. As Ravana attempts to kidnap Sita against her will, Rama returns and fights him off. Rama manages to knock-out Ravana and bring Sita to safety and contact security.
In the end, Ravana was arrested and Sita was safe with her husband and brother-in-law, and they all went back home after their vacation ended and lived happily ever after.
Bibliography Title: The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Author: Kamban / R. K. Narayan
Year: 1972
Authors Note: I rewrote the part of Rama's exile. In the story Rama is exiled for 14 years after one of his father's wives compelled him to to exile Rama and crown her son as the next king. During his exile, Rama, his wife Sita, and one of Rama's brother Lakshmana run into a woman named Shurpanakha who claims to have rejected the demon way of life. She falls in love with Rama, but it ends badly as Lashmana mutilates her, and she flees to her brother Ravana who then falls in love with Sita. He is committed to getting her by kidnapping her. In order to do that Ravana enlists the help of his uncle. His uncle at first refuses to help, but eventually agrees. In order to abduct Sita, the uncle disguises himself as a golden deer which bewitches Sita. Sita begs Rama to capture the deer for her and reluctantly, Rama goes after the deer through the forest. When Rama finally shoots the deer, the dying uncle calls for help using Rama's voice. This causes Sita becomes distraught, thinking that Rama is in trouble. She compels Lakshmana to go after Rama, leaving Sita alone and unguarded. In my story I decided to write my own ending as to what happened after Sita was left alone. I also changed the story to vacation setting instead of an exile because that seemed much happier to me. Essentially I kept the story the same, but I left out the demon woman and just made Ravana run into Sita on his own to keep the mutilation part out of the story.
One day when they were on a new hiking trail they ran into a man named Ravana. Now it was obvious that Ravana was vastly taken with Sita and her beauty, as he would only speak to her and couldn't stop looking at her. Rama took notice of this and became a little protective and jealous over Sita so he suggested that they keep going on their way along the trail, but that it was very nice to meet Ravana.
After this Ravana went back to his hotel, and he could not stop thinking about Sita and her beauty. He knew it was wrong that he wanted her because she was married, but in his mind he thought if Sita got to know him she would want him back. So he made it his mission to run into her whenever possible. So the next day, Ravana managed to find out where Sita, her husband, and Lashmana would be biking and 'coincidentally' ran into them. Rama was not happy to see Ravana again, but was polite nonetheless as he watched his wife get flirted with. This happened two more times before Ravana finally told Sita how he felt. When he finally tells her, Sita is shocked and runs away but Ravana follows her to where they both run into Rama. Rama sees that Sita is upset and asks what's wrong, but she insists she's fine and asks Rama to go get her a glass of water to which Rama obliges. This leaves Sita alone with Ravana again.
While Rama is gone, Ravana continues to reiterate just how much he loves Sita, but Sita declines and says she's in love with her husband. This angers Ravana, and he decides that he'll just have to take Sita and convince her to love him through time. As Ravana attempts to kidnap Sita against her will, Rama returns and fights him off. Rama manages to knock-out Ravana and bring Sita to safety and contact security.
In the end, Ravana was arrested and Sita was safe with her husband and brother-in-law, and they all went back home after their vacation ended and lived happily ever after.
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Bibliography Title: The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Author: Kamban / R. K. Narayan
Year: 1972
Authors Note: I rewrote the part of Rama's exile. In the story Rama is exiled for 14 years after one of his father's wives compelled him to to exile Rama and crown her son as the next king. During his exile, Rama, his wife Sita, and one of Rama's brother Lakshmana run into a woman named Shurpanakha who claims to have rejected the demon way of life. She falls in love with Rama, but it ends badly as Lashmana mutilates her, and she flees to her brother Ravana who then falls in love with Sita. He is committed to getting her by kidnapping her. In order to do that Ravana enlists the help of his uncle. His uncle at first refuses to help, but eventually agrees. In order to abduct Sita, the uncle disguises himself as a golden deer which bewitches Sita. Sita begs Rama to capture the deer for her and reluctantly, Rama goes after the deer through the forest. When Rama finally shoots the deer, the dying uncle calls for help using Rama's voice. This causes Sita becomes distraught, thinking that Rama is in trouble. She compels Lakshmana to go after Rama, leaving Sita alone and unguarded. In my story I decided to write my own ending as to what happened after Sita was left alone. I also changed the story to vacation setting instead of an exile because that seemed much happier to me. Essentially I kept the story the same, but I left out the demon woman and just made Ravana run into Sita on his own to keep the mutilation part out of the story.
Chelsee, I liked how you created a modern story out of the Ramayana. It was tough to get through the original reading because of the language and excessive details. Your version is nice and compact, and much easier to relate to than the original. The story flows very well and is coherent. You kept the basic struggle of the Ramayana, but altered it to where these really do seem to be your own thought and words. Good job!
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