Week 6 Story Telling: How the Oompa-Loompa's Seized the Chocolate Factory

The chocolate Factory

The sun was setting on another long, winter day in the Chocolate factory. Outside the factory it was icy, and the wind was howling.  As the day came to its end  the hurried noises of the Chocolate Factory quieted down. The machines stopped booping and whirring, and the smell of chocolate faded away slowly.

As the Oompa-Loompas began to head to their sleeping quarters some of the worker's became almost irate. "If I have to spend another minute wasting away in this factory, I will snap!", said Fred, the most senior Oompa-Loompa in the factory. " I am with Fred!" said George, Bob, and Henry. That very evening Fred called an emergency meeting among the Oompa Loompa's. "I am tired of working for that old coot Wonka. I say that we rise up, and confront that man! Let us take over this factory! Think about it Oompa's, We could run this place however we wanted to if we were in charge." Fred said, in a triumphant tone.

As the Oompa-Loompas listened to Fred's speech they began to realize that he was right. They could rather easily seize this factory, and run it. This was because there were hundreds of Oompa Loompa's and only one Willy Wonka. The Oompa-Loompa's devised their plan that evening. They would strike in 3 days, and finally gain control of the factory in which they had slaved in away for years. The next day, the Oompa-Loompa's went back to work like normal. They made the chocolate, taffy, gobstoppers, and any other candy you could think of under the watchful eyes of Willy Wonka.  "Work harder Oompa's! we need more candy!" Said Wonka menacingly.

The Oompa-Loompas appeared to be working as normal to Wonka, but that was far from the case. The Oompas were busy sabotaging the machinery of the factory in order to distract Wonka so that they could take him out. They rigged the ever-lasting gobstopper machine to explode. They knew this would be enough of a distraction to over throw Wonka.

The next two days passed by, and it was time for the Oompa-Loompas to strike. The trap they had placed on the gobstopper machine went off, and the machine exploded causing great chaos in the factory. "What the hell was that!?" said Willy Wonka, as he went to go see what made that noise. As he stepped out of his office he saw the flaming gobstopper machine, and demanded the Oompa Loompas fix it. There was an issue though, the Oompa Loompas were not on the factory floor. Willy Wonka was enraged by this, and set off to go fix the machine himself. Willy Wonka approached the gobstopper machine with a fire extinguisher, but as he approached the Oompa Loompa's came out of hiding, and began their attack on Wonka.

Hundreds of Oompa Loompa's began pouring out of every hiding place in the factory and ran towards their boss. As Wonka realized what was going on, they had picked him up and thrown him into the raging fire of the gobstopper machine. As their boss was burned alive, the Oompa-Loompas celebrated their victory and put out the fire themselves. "We have finally been freed from this tyranny! " Fred proclaimed. " Now we can pursue whatever we want!". The Oompa's began to chant about their victory. "You can all go and find a new home, or stay here if you would like." Fred said.

The Chocolate factory was no more a chocolate factory. Some of the Oompa-Loompas decided to leave the factory totally to pursue their dreams. George went on to become a doctor at a local hospital, Bob wound up becoming a lawyer, and Henry opened up a very successful night club. Others stuck around to see what was to become of the place they had spent the majority of their lives seemingly enslaved.

The remaining Oompa-Loompas in the factory decided what the factory should produce now that they weren't being forced to make candy all day. They decided to turn the old chocolate factory into a bicycle factory as they all found out they enjoyed cycling.

Author's Notes: This story is a retelling of the story of how Ravana gained control of Lanka. Lanka is represented by the chocolate factory, and the Oompa-Loompas are representative of Ravana and his armies. Ravana seized Lanka similarly to how the Oompa-Loompas seized the factory. I thought this was a rather fun story to write with very relate-able character's to anyone who has ever seen the movies they are based off of.

Bibliography: The Uttara Kandra Christian Literature Society for India. The Sacred Books of the East Described And Examined: Hindu Series