King K. Rool was the evil king of the Kremlins, and often found himself kidnapping others to try and defeat his biggest foes. After observing from the trees for a while, Donkey Kong knew he needed to do something to save his friend. Diddy kong had been captured by King K. Rool, and was dwindling away in his improsonment. Donkey over heard K. Rool telling Diddy that he would be killed unless he told the King where Donkey Kong was hiding. Diddy kong's days were numbered, he only had two months until he would be executed. Upon hearing these details Donkey Kong started to run away along the tree tops to go think up a plan to save his friend. In doing so Donkey smashed tree limbs to the ground, and caused several of K. Rool's minions to become alerted to his presence. At first only smaller low ranking kremlins were sent at Donkey kong. After them more highly trained kremlins came after Donkey Kong. One by one King K. Rool's evil army went after Donkey Kong only to be shot down by Donkey Kong's Coconut rifle. After watching several of his minions meet their demise at the hands of Donkey, King K. Rool knew he needed to try anther approach. He sent his top general to bind Donkey kong up and bring him back to his Kremlin Keep. Donkey kong had grown tired, so he was bound rather easily by the top ranking member of K. Rool's army. As he was bound by the rope, Donkey kong fell to the earth, and was dragged back to K. Rools Keep. Once they arrived at the Kremlin's Keep, Donkey kong had regained his energy, but decided to not make a move to free his friend yet. King K. Rool was excited as he thought he had finally captured his biggest enemy, but just as K. Rool was starting to gloat Donkey kong burst out of his binding. An epic battle was about to commence.
Author's Notes: In this week's story I decided to take the story of Hanuman;s Capture and twist it with one of my favorite video game characters growing up. Donkey kong was one of my favorite games as a kid, so all of the characters are inspired by characters from the video games. Hanuman had just seen Sita as she crawled toward the tree he was hiding in. Hanuman then dashes away but is followed by Ravana's minions who are slain at first, but eventually manage to capture the giant monkey. He falls to the earth and is dragged to Ravana. I left it off at the battle to create some suspense.
Bibliography:
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita
Of all the video games I loved as a child, Donkey Kong Country got the most replay value. This is a great mashup. King K. Rool is a great stand-in for Ravana, and how appropriate to use Diddy as Hanuman! Reading this brought back all the cheesy sound effects from the games too :) I think that you used the Coconut rifle as a stand-in for the Brahma-weapon (that arrow?), and that was clever. Very fun!
ReplyDeleteHi Stephan!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your story, “Donkey Kongs Capture.” I also thought the image you included really complements your story. I liked how you mixed the original story with a video game it gave your story a unique twist. Overall, I think you did a great job at creating a new interesting story and I can’t wait to see what you do next week!
Hey Stephan!
ReplyDeleteLoved reading about good ole Donkey Kong. I remember playing the video games, seems like it was forever ago. This short story was definitely fun to read and while it held the original storyline of the capture, this new version was great. Overall, this was fun to read and I can't wait to see who all you bring into your project.
Hey Stephan!
ReplyDeleteIt is so cool that you incorporated your favorite video game characters into your story. That is so creative!! I also like how you kept the originality of the story with in your own version. The picture you added to the story is excellent as well. Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading more of your stories throughout the semester!